Eat Your Way to Happy: How Food Has Mood-Boosting Effects
What you eat matters greatly to your mental health. Learn how to enhance the mood-boosting benefits of your yoga practice with the right diet.
Food and Nutrition
Every yoga practitioner needs to find the right food to fuel their bodies and sustain their practice. Here, you’ll find nutrition tips, recipes, and more to make your mealtimes joyful and nourishing.
Brain Bowl
Rich in antioxidants and loaded with protein, this smoothie bowl will help you strong-arm anxiety beginning with the very first bite.
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Warm Up With A Rose Cardamom Latte
This New Year’s, start your resolutions off strong with an Ayurvedic latte that enhances digestion! This delicious potion is great for a cozy night in and will keep your digestive fire burning bright.
Infuse Your Week with This Hydrating, Hibiscus Herbal Sun Tea
This balanced recipe, with mint and lemon verbena can help you stay cool as summer temps keep rising.
The Yoga Rx for Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Memory Loss
New research on yoga's ability to improve brain health and stave off dementia has us running to our mats.
Baked Oat Milk Porridge
Supercharge your morning with this hearty vegan breakfast.
Bombay Red Lentil Soup
Cozy up this winter with Bombay Red Lentil Soup from "The Yoga Plate" by Tamal & Victoria Dodge.
YJ Tried It: Celery Juice for One Week
Looking to improve digestion and reduce bloating? Learn how celery juice can help.
Creamy Beet Soup for the Crown Chakra
This Ayurvedic soup recipe, from Sahara Rose Ketabi's new cookbook, Eat Feel Fresh: A Contemporary Plant-Based Ayurvedic Cookbook, will bring your Sahasrara (Crown Chakra) into balance with ingredients and hues that relate to each of the seven major energy centers.
A Quick HIIT Yoga Home Practice to Build Strength
Break a sweat and feel empowered—in 20 minutes or less.
Catherine Cook-Cottone Battles Eating Disorders with Yoga
This yoga teacher and PhD in psychology is helping people battle eating disorders.
The 10-Week Mindful Diet Plan for Healthy Eating
Like yoga, healthful eating habits are formed by intention and practice. Follow this research-backed plan to develop your most balanced, sustainable relationship with food yet.
Ask the Expert: Should I Drink Cold Water After Yoga?
According to Ayurvedic theory, it is better to drink warmer water after strenuous exercise. Drinking cold water on a hot day can disturb your digestion.
Does Ahimsa Mean I Can’t Eat Meat?
Practicing the principle of non-harming can trigger dissonance in omnivores. Here, thoughts on reconciling your diet with your practice.
Q+A: What Are the Best Spices to Have in My Kitchen, According to Ayurveda?
Ayurveda holds basil in high regard, stating that it opens the heart and mind, offering the energy of deep devotional love.
Q+A: What Are the Best Ayurvedic Foods to Eat in the Winter?
According to Ayurveda, we want to cultivate the opposite qualities of winter’s chill in our daily meal planning.
Uncovering Yoga’s Hidden Eating Disorder Epidemic
Get the story behind the story in this interview with the writer of our October 2014 feature.
Cashew Vegetable Stir-Fry with Dried Veggie Crisps
Savory miso paste with lemon creates a thick sauce that’s ideal both for drying veggies and dressing up a stir-fry.
Winter Greens Salad with Carrot-Ginger Dressing
After you enjoy this carrot ginger dressing over a bed of winter greens, drizzle the leftover dressing on your favorite cooked protein.
Chunky Minestrone with Rosemary
Fragrant rosemary adds pungent flavor to this chunky minestrone soup recipe, but if it wasn't included in your harvest, use lavender, sage, or thyme instead.
Fava Bean Dip
Try this recipe for your late summer barbecue. Canned beans are convenient but high in sodium; rinsing them removes added salt.
Blackberry-Grapefruit Granita
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Honeydew Mint Chia Fresca
Try this Honeydew Mint Chia Fresca recipe from superfood expert and author Julie Morris.
Gluten-Free Plum Crumble
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Feel-Good Quinoa Pilaf
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Baked Apples
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Poached Pears + Honey-Gorgonzola Mousse
This elegant dessert will please the eye as much as the tastebuds.
Dandelion Greens with Spicy Vinaigrette
Want to forage your own dandelion greens? Select the smallest, tenderest leaves for this salad.
Kapha Breakfast Broth
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Oatmeal Vata Style
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Hot Cereal with Raisins
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Vata Frittata
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Balancing Yogurt
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Fresh Saffron-Almond Shake
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Fresh Ginger Tea
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Tasty Olive Oil Granola
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A Yogi Food Dilemma
Neal Pollack wants to follow the principle of ahimsa, or non-harming, even in his diet, but he can't seem to give up meat.
Roasted Vegetables with Quick Harissa Marinade
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Cinnamon Apple and Banana Chips
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Spicy Banh Mi
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Mushroom-Stuffed Mushrooms with Wild Rice and Goat Cheese
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Grits Soufflés with Tomato Coulis
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Flaxseed Flatbreads
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Sorrel Drink
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Grilled Sweet Corn with Chipotle-Lime Butter
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Grilled Salad Pizza
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Shortcut Sourdough Starter
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Couscous with Asparagus, Snow Peas and Radishes
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Melon with Cracked Pepper-Honey Drizzle
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Fire and Ice Melon
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Sweet Tapioca Soup with Honeydew
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Asian Noodles with Edamame in No Time
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Wild Rice, Shiitake, and Hijiki Salad
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Rice n Spice Pudding
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Roasted Vegetable Cornucopias with Gravy
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Ivory Lentil Pancakes
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Lavender Lemonade
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Nutty Snack Mix
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Mexican Rice
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Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese
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Hoisin-glazed Tempeh with Green Beans and Cashews
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Mock Green Papaya Salad
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Soupe au Pistou
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Onion, Pepper, and Spinach Quiche Bites
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Risotto with Asparagus and Peas
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Cheesy Polenta with Basil-Tomato Sauce
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Gingered Vegetable Tofu Stir-Fry
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Mediterranean Eggplant and Fennel Stew
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Indian Tea Sandwiches
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Cabbage Casserole with Leeks, Ricotta, and Pine Nuts
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Fresh Banana Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
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Roasted Carrots and Parsnips
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Wilted Spinach Salad with Asian Pears, Blue Cheese, and Pecans
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Gluten-Free Sage Cornbread
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Honey-Almond Tart with Orange Mascarpone
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Red Cabbage Salad with Pears and Walnuts
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Cabbage Calzones
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Tropical Fruit Sauté
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Apple Cinnamon-Toast Bread Pudding
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Garlicky Spinach Dip
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