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At the beginning of this new year, Katie Silcox describes the tantric path toward making changes that last—and uncovering happiness.

Yoga, it is said, helps you do everything better. Neal Pollack has found that this extends to his poker game.

Baxter Bell describes an alternative to the dorsiflexed position in Upward-Facing Dog for yoga students with ankle injury.

After a tragic event, it's hard to feel positive about the world we live in. But we can use it to motivate us to be kinder, more generous, and more loving toward all.

Discover inner resources that can help you make healthier choices, meet your goals, and change your life for good.

We all experience flexibility in some areas more so than others. Sage Rountree discusses the importance of balance in and around the hips and offers poses that help to create opening where needed.

Dropped into a fitness class developed for the Navy Seals, the author channels her yoga practice and soars.

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In celebration of the winter soltice, Katie Silcox offers some tips for bringing more joy and light into the season.

Baxter Bell describes the symptoms and causes of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and explores how a yoga Headstand practice might affect it.

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Erica Rodefer Winters takes on the yoga police, anyone who thinks that the style of yoga or the way they practice is the only correct way.

Jessica Albeson discovers yoga in bed is just the thing to wrap up the day.

Neal Pollack considers whether the occasional urge to do yoga in public is for him or for show—or a little bit of both.

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.

Tips for boosting your immunity and staying healthy this winter season. Just because it's cold out doesn't mean you have to get sick.

Appearing with his partner for a YJ story presents Steven Thomas Saftig the opportunity to model the kind of relationship he wished he saw growing up.

Aaron Davidman discovers that slowing down his yoga practice is key to helping him stay centered even as the world around him seems to move ever faster.

Sage Rountree explains Handstand's physiological and psychological benefits for athletes.

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Katie Silcox offers Ayurvedic tips for getting a good night's sleep.

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See how the regular study and practice of yoga led to full transformation in four lives.

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When your practice causes hamstring injury—and how to manage those injuries with your yoga.

Need a break during your cycle? Try this gentle sequence for menstruation.

Erica Rodefer Winters shares the way her yoga practice influences her vote, and choices, every day.

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Yoga can help veterans deal with post-traumatic stress disorder. Here are a few resources and organizations that can get you started.

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

What is the proper yogic response to election-induced craziness? Neal Pollack weighs in.

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Baxter Bell finishes his discussion about the back by looking at the role of "core" muscles, and how to leverage your yoga practice for full and balanced back care.

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Instead of looking for outside influences to distract her from herself, Jessica Abelson now turns to yoga—and she's hooked.

Rather than repress sexual urges, or constantly act on them, yoga has taught Neal Pollack to observe his desires, and not let a greedy mind run the show.

Yoga has taught Erica Rodefer Winters many things, but the most valuable lesson has been the realization that it's OK to be completely and unabashedly herself.

In this post, Baxter Bell, MD continues his discussion on low back pain, offering ways to create traction with a friend or on your own.

Untangling yourself from the grip of addiction can seem impossible, but yoga can lift you to higher ground.

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Being a parent has made new mother Erica Rodefer Winters realize the importance of practicing what she preaches on the yoga mat and in life.

Let this sequence be your go-to practice. By adapting the poses for different life stages, you can rely on it for decades.

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A church in the UK halts popular yoga classes in its rec hall because of the practice's Hindu roots.

Try these seven simple ways to reset. Some take only a few seconds, and none takes more than 15 minutes. But in every case, the very act of taking time to stop and nurture yourself is as important as the practice you choose to explore.

A survey of Facebook users offers a hypothetical brand outline of the 2012 presidential candidates based on their fans' interests.

Five habits that will help you feel great today and in the future.

Films that celebrate yoga are finding their way to film festivals and cinemas. Erica Rodefer Winters looks at three coming to theaters near you.

A new class for "curvy, curly girls" offers women who shy away from yoga a fun way to try it—and hair-care tips to boot.

Leaving behind a busy urban life to help out at a yoga retreat in Alaska, Aaron Davidman is stilled by the majesty of Mother Nature.

Can you walk the yogic path and smoke pot? Neal Pollack suggests you look at the issue of attachment to find your own answers.

Ayurvedic practitioner Katie Silcox offers tips for staying healthy and feeling your best this fall season.

The controversial leader of Bikram Yoga hosts a $1,000-a-head fundraiser for a Nevada congresswoman.

YJ blogger Neal Pollack publishes a new novel, a murder-mystery steeped in ... yoga.

If you suffer from low-back pain, your posture may provide clues as to why. In his continuing exploration of yoga for back pain, Baxter Bell explains how.

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

Finding a quiet time seated meditation practice can be challenging when you've got a little one. But with a little creativity everyday tasks can become opportunities to go inward.

Yoga offers many ways for students to defy gravity. Aerial Yoga is a fun way to make defying gravity more accessible to all students.

Yoga helps kids manage pressure and cultivate strength, ultimately setting the stage for happiness and success.

Neal Pollack is doing his best to inject some yogic wisdom into his parenting.

Your yoga practice can help you adjust your stride to accommodate the rocks, dips, and turns of trails.

Some people come to yoga for fitness, others for spiritual enlightenment. Erica Rodefer Winters does it to keep her propensity for negative thinking in check.

Yogis are often asked "Is yoga cardio?" While it may not seem to be the case, all practices aren't created equal, and some strategic sequencing can help you get a cardiovascular workout from your practice.

In the first of a series on back pain, Baxter Bell dives more deeply into a recent study that explored yoga for chronic low-back pain.

Social scientists say that it's harder to make friends as adults. But Neal Pollack has found that yoga has filled his life with many true friendships.

One NYC activist is taking exception to the idea that men can practice in some studios without wearing a shirt, but women can't.

The NCCAM releases information on brand new research about yoga. Baxter Bell shares the good news.

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How chanting became part of American music culture.