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Take your yoga practice off the mat and into every aspect of your life for enhanced balance and clarity. Consider this your center for conscious living. We cover the latest in sustainable apparel, healthy recipes, stress-relief techniques, relationship advice, Ayurveda, astrology, and more.
Take your yoga practice off the mat and into every aspect of your life for enhanced balance and clarity. Consider this your center for conscious living. We cover the latest in sustainable apparel, healthy recipes, stress-relief techniques, relationship advice, Ayurveda, astrology, and more.
The Best Flow for “Aunt Flo”
Why you should consider swapping inversions for restorative yoga poses during your period.
Q&A: Is Backbending During Pregnancy Safe or Not?
Different yoga systems have different answers. Sarah Powers addresses the debate of whether backbending during pregnancy is safe.
Post-Pregnancy and Ashtanga Practice
Check out Sarah Powers's author page.
Shoulder Safety: Learn How to Better Prep for Backbends
If backbends are a struggle for your body, you may try these preparatory shoulder-openers.
Talking Shop with Aadil Palkhivala
Check out Andrea Ferretti's author page.
Yoga is Big Business. What Does That Mean?
Think of it as Yoga Inc.
Life Without Sex?
Ancient texts insist celibacy is a must on the yogic path, but few modern yogis opt for such an ascetic lifestyle.
Talking Shop with Coleman Barks
Check out Theresa Heacock's author page.
Emperor of Air
Check out Allen Salkin's author page.
Start To Vocalize Your Mantra To Calm Your Nervous System
Learn why you should vocalize your mantras instead of silently thinking them to benefit the heart and the central nervous system.
Yoga, or Something Like It
Check out Nora Isaacs's author page.
Yoga & Erectile Dysfunction: An Alternative to Viagra?
Alternative approaches to treat erectile dysfunction beyond medication have been shown to be effective, including exercise, stress management, sex therapy, and yoga.
The Divine Dance
Check out Shiva Rea's author page.
How to Restore Your Rasa
Are you overstimulated, overworked, and stressed? If so, you might be depleting your rasa reserve.
Interview with Max Strom
This co-founder of a Los Angeles yoga studio weighs in on commodification and the revolution that is yoga.
Gilgoff’s Grace
Check out Zu Vincent's author page.
The Path of the Peaceful Warrior
Check out Anne Cushman's author page.
The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems
Check out Phil Catalfo's author page.
Cause & Effect
Check out James Bailey L.Ac. M.P.H.'s author page.
Talking Shop with Krishna Das
Check out Nora Isaacs's author page.
A New Medical Model
Check out Linda Knittel's author page.
Why Traphala is Such an Essential Component of Ayurveda
Check out James Bailey L.Ac. M.P.H.'s author page.
An Ayurvedic Cure for Modern Life
Check out Alison Rose Levy's author page.
Talking Shop with Baron Baptiste
Baron Baptiste shares how he became a yoga teacher and his philosophy on teaching.
Q&A: What Poses Would Strengthen a Cyclist’s Knees?
Esther Myers offers advice for specific stretches for cyclists with knee problems.
Yoga for Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice by David Frawley and Sandra Summerfield Kozak
Check out Phil Catalfo's author page.
Talking Shop with David Swenson
One of the world's leading Ashtanga teachers talks about his experiences as a businessman, Hare Krishna, and finally, a yogi.
Which Poses Treat Adrenal Exhaustion?
Which poses should you practice to reverse the effects of chronic stress? Our expert Roger Cole recommends a regular restorative sequence.
When You Want to Have a Baby…But Can’t
Why many are turning to yoga for a more natural, effective approach to infertility.
Healing HIV: A Holistic Approach
In 1990 River Huston was a kick-ass fitness trainer in New York City. Her workouts were about pain, tight buns, and thousands of stomach crunches. Pushing herself beyond physical limits was her modus operandi.
In Her Father’s Light
Check out Colleen Morton's author page.
The True Path: Western Science and the Quest for Yoga by Roy J. Mathew, M.D.
Check out Phil Catalfo's author page.
Tias Little on Reading and Yoga
Check out Claudia Cummins's author page.
Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief by Huston Smith
Check out Alan Reder's author page.
Welcome to YogaJournal.com!
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Are You a Sweat-Hog or a Swami?
Check out Todd Jones's author page.
Mindful Parenting
Check out Stephanie Renfrow Hamilton's author page.
Why We Hate Our Parents
It all comes down to pressure.
Aligned, Relaxed, Resilient: The Physical Foundations of Mindfulness by Will Johnson
Check out Phil Catalfo's author page.
10 Spiritual Readings for Life’s Philosophical Dilemnas
Insights for when you're grappling with philosophical dilemmas.
Tracing the Disappearance of Goddesses by Leonard Shlain
Check out Gaylon Ferguson's author page.
Yoga, L.A. Style
Check out Loraine Despres's author page.
Talking Shop with Sarah Powers
Check out Colleen Morton's author page.
Talking Shop with Rod Stryker
Check out Colleen Morton's author page.
Maverick on the Mat
Check out Julie Kleinman's author page.
Talking Shop with Beryl Bender Birch
Check out Colleen Morton's author page.
Meet the Innovators: Patricia Walden
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
Meet the Innovators: Erich Schiffmann
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
Meet the Innovators: Richard Miller
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
Meet the Innovators: Robert Svoboda
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
T.K.V. Desikachar Developed Viniyoga to Fit Each Individual Student
Check out Jeanne Ricci's author page.
Meet the Innovators: Judith Hanson Lasater
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
Meet Gary Kraftsow: A Leading Teacher of Viniyoga Yoga Therapy
Meet Gary Kraftsow. The first American yoga teacher to be certified by T.K.V. Desikachar and is now one of the leading proponents of Viniyoga Yoga Therapy.
Meet the Innovators: Vyaas Houston
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
Meet the Innovators: Sharon Gannon & David Life
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
Meet the Innovators: Stephen Cope
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Meet the Innovators: Alan Finger
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
Meet the Innovators: Lilias Folan
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
Meet the Innovators: Bikram Choudhury
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
Meet the Innovators: Georg Feuerstein
Check out Holly Hammond's author page.
Genius in Action
Check out Patricia Walden's author page.
Talking Shop with Lilias Folan
Check out Colleen Morton's author page.
Freestyle Yoga: Asana with Angela Farmer
Angela Farmer's own brand of freestyle yoga has earned her a reputation as an iconoclast.
Tough Teacher
Check out John Schumacher's author page.
L.A. (Yoga) Story: Kundalini Star Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Yoga teacher to the stars and Kundalini guru Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa steps out of the limelight.
Talking Shop with Ganga White
Check out Colleen Morton's author page.
Talking Shop with Ana Forrest
Check out Colleen Morton's author page.
Yoga’s Bad Boy: Bikram Choudhury
Bikram Choudhury says he teaches true hatha yoga. We speak with him about his sometimes controversial approach.
The Work of This Moment
Check out Joan Tollifson's author page.
Talking Shop with Ralph La Forge
Check out Colleen Morton's author page.
How Yoga Saved My Life
Check out Samantha Dunn's author page.
Firsthand: A Look at Yoga and Religious Belief
Check out Alan Reder's author page.
Yoga Couples: Donna Fone and Rodney Yee
Check out Victoria Moran's author page.
What’s So Funny? How Laughter Yoga Heals
A physician and founder of a therapy called, Hasya (Laughter) Yoga, explains why laughter as medicine is beneficial.
Real Men Do Trikonasana
Check out Fernando Pagés Ruiz's author page.
License to Teach
Check out Larry Sokoloff's author page.
Gods and Monsters
Check out Jeff Wagenheim's author page.