Even with years of yoga and meditation, we are all just human after all.

Knowing them can help you be in the flow more often.

Put your own oxygen mask on first.

Some of these may feel familiar from your practice.

These asanas offer an opportunity to practice bringing satya—truthfulness—to your yoga and your life.

When you slow down your body but can't get your mind to settle, try these tips for reclaiming your calm.

Overwhelmed? Even when you can't step away from the computer and drop into Child's Pose, you can still come back to that same feeling. Here's how.

I came to the U.S. in search of a better quality of life, greater opportunities, and healing. I found it—and share it—through yoga.

Sitting still can be challenging, even for experienced yoga teachers. Practicing this short stretching sequence beforehand can bring some ease to it.

Hypnosis may be your new favorite stress reliever.

And I don’t mean the poses...

Our physical, emotional, and behavioral tendencies—both good and bad—aren't ours alone. They're often passed down from generation to generation.

Use these tips to help cultivate calm or reset your emotions next time you find holiday stress getting in your way.

Fill your cup first.

One doctor shares what happens to our bodies when stress takes over and how we can best manage it.

Feel free to let it all out.

When was the last time you gave thanks for you?

Amishi Jha, author of "Peak Mind," shares how owning your attention can help you reclaim the 50 percent of your life that you’re missing. 

Can't see the forest for the trees? These lifestyle tips will help reframe your perspective on prioritizing your own health.

If free-writing seems more stressful than calming, try one of these instead.

The seeds of all healthy relationships start in our minds. These meditations can help you cultivate better bonds.

Feeling unmotivated, frustrated, or all-around blasé? It’s time for some rest and recovery.

In the same time it takes to check your IG, you can calm TF down. And there's no need to haul out your mat or rush to change clothes. Just stretch.

To support students' mental health, savvy colleges are building wellness programs with yoga studios, salt rooms, meditation spaces, and more.

In the past, I would have picked up a drink to escape pandemic stress. This time, I tried a yoga class instead.

If you’re struggling with anxiety or related stress and symptoms, turn to herbs. Certain soothing herbs may have the potential to induce feelings of calm and relaxation.

Yoga can help you feel like yourself again. 

Everyday stress doesn't stand a chance against these breathing exercises.

The American Psychological Association study shows that the pandemic has done a number on our mental and physical well-being.

If the relentless stream of news has you in a spiral, you’re not alone. Here are seven tips on how to handle (and heal from) the stress.

Improve blood flow, increase range of motion and relieve stress in less than five minutes with this five-part stretch for women.

Harboring aches, pains, or anxiety after experiencing microaggressions or glancing at your newsfeed? Yoga therapist Nazaahah Amin shares why race-based traumatic stress finds a home in your body and mind—and how yoga can help alleviate it.

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Try this healing breathing practice when you need to unplug and ground down.

This innovative new at-home practice is an accessible way to feel calm and grounded.

This new awareness made me realize that if you don't pull out tension by the roots, it just migrates elsewhere—that boiling water has to let off steam somewhere.

These short practices from Yoga Medicine teacher Shannon Stephens can have profound effects on the way you experience stress and life's toughest moments.

Think you don’t have time for yoga during the holidays—much less 3-minute pose holds? Yoga Medicine teacher Shannon Stephens makes a case for why yin yoga may be the best practice for your busiest times.

Research shows that the practice goes a long way toward helping your brain stay in top shape.

Communities across the country, take note: Since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, the Newtown Yoga Festival has set an example for using yoga to bring a community together and heal trauma.

How learning to say this one little word more often completely shifted my perspective.

Janet Stone, who will lead our upcoming Yoga for Moms online course, offers tips and a pose for coping with mom stress.

Got two minutes? A short restorative practice can help edit and transform negative inner narratives that reinforce anxiety and depression.

Here are a few simple ways to carry the nourishing effects of yoga off the mat and into your relationships.

Photographer Robert Sturman honors and celebrates American veterans of war by featuring several active duty and retired service members practicing yoga.

Pick your poses. Two Fit Moms offers three ways to relieve holiday stress with yoga—active, passive, or a combo—in this sequence.

Spending quiet time in wooded areas is considered medicine in Japan, and the practice—Shinrin-yoku—is catching on here.

While anxiety is natural, experts say certain yoga postures can relieve students’ first-day nerves. Start school stress-free.

A war correspondent reporting from the frontlines of the world’s largest refugee crisis uncovers the power of yoga—and love.

The upside of outside: New research is finding a link between open air and happiness. Here, four ideas for making it a daily habit.

You have the willpower and strength to kick bad habits for good. Find them with Kundalini Yoga.

It changed my life.

Yoga is first and foremost a peaceful practice, so for soldiers who return home suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or both, it can be the perfect antidote to the atrocities of war.

When you're "tired and wired," you feel exhausted but also unable to relax. Ayurveda can help.

Mark your calendar -- you might want to be a little kinder to your fellow humans this weekend.

A social justice activist offers yoga for domestic workers as a way to nurture women who bring love and care to others.

Emmy-Nominated actress Anna Chlumsky reveals how yoga has kept her calm in the lead-up to tonight's 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Author Edward Slingerland talks about the art of spontaneity and how NOT trying can actually enhance your life.

Overcome public speaking jitters with chants and asanas.

Fear is a natural emotion that everyone deals with, but it can also get in the way of reaching your full potential. What fears have you worked through in your practice?

In the wake of last week's anxiety producing news, Neal Pollack was reminded that while suffering is part of our human condition, yoga is there to help alleviate it.

When antidepressants stopped working, Neal Pollack's yoga practice helped him manage his depression--minus the negative side effects.

For clarity of mind and heart, shine the light of awareness on your habits and clean up your life.

Having to choose between schoolwork, social life, or sleep shouldn't be a choice students face, says Kelly Bonner. The trick is learning how to keep it all in balance.

Kelly Bonner teaches a stressed-out roommate how controlling the breath can lead you back to OK.

When deadlines loom, Erica Rodefer Winters turns to these five go-to poses.

Getting to the root of your anxiety can help you overcome it.

Brent Kessel reflects on the value of getting present in his yoga practice and every aspect of life– even in dealing with finances.

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A city in India offers yoga and meditation classes for stressed out cabbies and bus drivers.

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While yoga can help you excel in your other activities, if you don't balance stress and rest, strength and flexibility, you risk injury and limit your progress.

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One woman learned that saying yes is the secret to living a happier, more exciting life.

Use restorative yoga to combat seasonal affective disorder, a form of winter depression triggered by a lack of sunlight.

When winter's gloom darkens your mood, yoga can brighten your days.

Learn how to silence the noise of your everyday life.