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Crush your personal goals not your bank account with this budget-friendly gear roundup.

Technology is changing the way people do yoga, and we’re here for it. Is the virtual class experience provided by Mirror worth the price tag? Find out.

The field of compassion science has surged in the past decade. Today, researchers are studying a myriad of powerful ways compassion practices can improve health and strengthen relationships. Here, we look at the latest findings, so you can take a glimpse into what happens in your body and mind when you treat yourself and others with more care.

We tried an intense social justice training designed to help us serve a higher purpose. Here’s what we learned about trauma, transformation, being vulnerable, and taking care of yourself.

This year is going to be a big one in Washington. These are the yoga bills to keep on your radar during election season.

Learn how to process this debilitating emotion and break free from the stress it can cause by observing and witnessing the sensations of your powerful feelings.

An LA yoga studio teams up with an artist-activist to try and out-scale the proposed US-Mexico border wall.

Up your creativity and flexibility by practicing with a 6-foot-tall bendable stick from a company called Stick Mobility.

The Lucifer star shares the goodies that are keeping her healthy and happy.

Pop in your earbuds. These binge-worthy podcasts are definite conversation starters.

7 practices to sustain your transformative experience after you return home.

Setting intentions is a start, but how do you follow through on your dreams? Begin your morning with “Creator’s Hour,” an inner retreat that includes sitting in meditation, free writing, affirmations, and mindful movement.

How yoga helped me heal from neglect and violence.

From a deep dive into psychedelics and spiritual enlightenment to the #metoo movement in the yoga world to the healing effects of yoga in our schools and military, we have rounded up some of our favorite features from the past decade.

Skip the Bali crowd and venture out to this serene Cambodian beach town.

Small changes in your workspace can create momentum in your life and in your business. Here’s how connecting with your physical environment can help you achieve your goals.

From the wacky to the wild, our editors and contributors tried a lot of strange trends this past decade so you don't have to.

Yoga 4 A Good Hood minimizes the barriers that keep people of color or low socioeconomic status out of classes and trainings.

Find out about that new stretch and recovery facilities opening all over the United States.

We’re firm believers that you don’t need gifts to express appreciation, but we couldn’t help ourselves: These items will help your loved ones stay stress-free over the holidays.

Grab the yoga gear you need, for less, with these coupon codes and sales alerts.

With every purchase, these nine companies give back to their communities, nonprofits, environmental charities, and more.

Sweater weather calls for extra herbal refreshments, and we know just the trick.

A revered choreographer and author offers up her must-haves for life in motion.

When seasonal stressors threaten your holiday cheer, these practices can help bring back the merry.

Canyon Ranch, known for its wellness resorts and spas, is opening a retreat space in Woodside, California, complete with luxe rooms and secluded paths in the middle of the Redwoods.

Each crystal has its own healing properties and vibrations that can help change your own frequency. Use this flow chart to find out which one is best for you right now.

Ashtanga Yoga teacher and professional rock climber Olivia Hsu talks motherhood and why she finds her yoga practice more liberating since having her son.

This moving meditation will help you reconnect with all that’s wild and free.

Here's what the yoga community is saying about The New York Times article on adjustments, inappropriate touching, and consent in yoga.

Transition into winter feeling calm, grounded, and centered with these self-care tips from the holistic wellness experts at Still Soul Studio in Charleston, South Carolina.

How you can practice nonviolence every day.

While markets on the coasts are saturated with yoga studios and a variety of healing modalities, yoga teachers and wellness practitioners in Southern states are noticing an unmet need for non-traditional approaches to health.

These teenage yoga teachers are proving that there’s no age requirement for sharing your gifts with the world.

Souljourn Yoga collaborates with local organizations in Cambodia, Peru, and Morocco to support girls’ education and empowerment.

Contributor Jennifer Davis-Flynn finds both stillness and whimsy in Moab, Utah at the Desert Shakti yoga retreat.

Slowing down and stepping away, even for a minute, can save your soul. Discover the healing sound of silence and how to live more fully in the present moment.

Season 2 of Big Little Lies contained a scene where a yoga class sang a song in Savasana to combat sleep apnea. Does it really work?

Kelli Hansel Haywood didn’t know she was struggling with multiple autoimmune disorders. Here's how her yogic journey helped her heal and inspired her community in Appalachia.

A rundown pool house gets a transformative facelift to make room for deep reflection and relaxation.

In a special package on masculinity, YJ dives into how the narrow cultural ideal of "being a man" impacts folks in yoga communities and beyond.

Yoga instructor Matthew Lyons shares his battle with anxiety—and how yoga is helping him find self-love.

Yoga teacher Benny James hid his true personality and sexual orientation in order to avoid ridicule and the threat of violence. Here's how he learned to stand in his truth.

This practice from yoga teacher Shane Roberts celebrates the power of finding strength in softness.

Yoga teacher Shane Roberts acted tough in order to fit in as a high school basketball player—until an injury led him to the mat to discover who he truly was.

In his new Atlanta-based workshop for teens, yoga teacher Shane Roberts invites adolescent boys to decide how they want to move through the world.

Yoga Journal is now available through the Alexa app! Practice teacher-tested sequences and meditations with a simple voice command. Here's how.

We caught up with the Hills: New Beginnings star to find out how she gets it all done and still finds time to practice yoga.

A recent study that highlights the benefits of daily meditation practices in the workplace has people talking about the commercialization of mindfulness, and whether it has gone too far.

Set your meditation practice up for success with a great foundation. Here are some of our favorite meditation cushions on Amazon right now.

Her 2018 tell-all memoir A Girl Raised by Wolves unveiled her incredible journey through childhood prostitution, beating breast cancer, and surviving her estranged mother’s murder. Now, this yoga teacher—who often teaches in rehabilitation centers, schools, and prisons—is using her story to help empower others through the practice.

Kinkára, a new eco retreat center in Costa Rica, was designed based on geometric patterns found in nature. It features organic gardens, an open-air yoga shala, and fully furnished luxe canvas tents.

Your emotions don't have to control you. Instead of powering through intense feelings or repressing them, try to acknowledge and deal with them head-on. This chart offers some simple guidelines to negotiate a kinder relationship with your emotions, so you can feel strong, balanced, and peaceful.

These companies are joining the fight to eradicate breast cancer by supporting research and awareness.

Want to look and feel great in class without spending a ton? Check out this selection of budget yoga tops that look fashionable inside and outside the studio.

Do you know an organization that prioritizes compassionate leadership and integrates mindfulness practices into its mission and office environment? Tell us!

We asked our college-age readers to share stories of how yoga has impacted their lives. After losing her mother her senior year of high school, Natalya Malarczuk shut down her emotions completely to avoid feeling immense grief. She explains how yoga helped her reconnect with her body and physical sensation in order to heal and begin to feel joy again.

Smart, fashionable ways to track your fitness, if you're over watches.

We asked our college-age readers to share stories of how yoga has impacted their lives. As a child growing up in Bangalore, India, Riya Davda was “forced” by her mom to take yoga classes in third grade. Eventually, yoga became a passion that led her to 200-hour teacher training in Rishikesh, India, the “yoga capital” of the world.

Are you a broke college student or simply living on a tight budget? No worries! There are plenty of ways to practice for very little dough or even for free.

Here, advice from experts at The Well—a new wellness club in New York City that integrates Eastern and Western healing practices—on daily things you can do to stay healthy and grounded.

You're probably wearing jumpsuits or rompers off the mat, why not try a model that's made for working out?

Millions of people around the world have made a pledge to demand climate justice this September. Here's how yogis can participate.

We asked our college-age readers to share stories of how yoga has impacted their lives. As a child, Emily Kurc, spent her time at doctors’ appointments instead of running and playing with friends. She explains how yoga helped her find peace with her diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and joy in moving her body again.

Rachel Brathen's book hits stores this week. In this excerpt from the chapter entitled "Forgive," Brathen attends a shamanic ceremony in Costa Rica where she finally releases some ghosts from her past.

Nicole Cardoza's organization Yoga Foster gives teachers free and low-cost training and mats, so they can practice yoga with students.