The Art of Relaxation
Learning how to relax takes time. Fortunately, you can practice on your mat and use these tips anytime.
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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 2003 Karma Yoga Awards
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Q&A: Can Yoga Help Me Lose Weight?
Baxter Bell gives advice on how one can use yoga for weight loss.
Live + Practice From the Heart: Identify True Intention
Setting objectives is not the same as making goals. Confusing the two can lead to unnecessary suffering.
Breast Milk Shake-Up
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Talk To Us — Why are men more reluctant to do yoga than women?
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Yoga for Athletes: Loosen Tight Hip Muscles
Athletes who work one set of muscles regularly may benefit from loosening up their hips with yoga.
Create an Inspiring Kitchen with Vastu
A few simple changes following the ancient principles of Vastu can bring beauty and balance to your kitchen.
Insight From Injury
A growing number of Americans are getting injured doing yoga—an unfortunate trend touted in news stories. Often media reports express surprise that this ancient healing discipline can actually cause harm, especially since many people take up yoga specifically to heal injuries. Yet like any form of physical activity, hatha yoga practice carries risks—especially for people who push themselves or are pushed by teachers to "achieve" a particular pose, explains Leslie Kaminoff, a New York yoga therapist and bodyworker, who regularly treats yogis with both acute and chronic injuries linked to improper practice.
Talk To Us — What have we lost and gained as we integrate yoga into our modern life and culture?
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The Trouble with Touch
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The Yoga of Money: What Yoga Teaches Us About Managing Money
The Yoga of Money: Yoga's ethical precepts teach us to tell the truth and do no harm, but few realize that these teachings can also help us to manage our money.
Obstacles to Home Practice
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The Anti-Drug for Anxiety
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The Yoga of Parenting
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Yoga for New Moms
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Going the Distance
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Swami Ramananda
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How to Know the Right Yoga for Your Dosha
If your yoga class doesn't feel quite right, it might not be a good match for your dosha. Learn how to identify yours and implement it into your routine.
Talking Shop with John Scott
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Organic Seal of Approval
FDA-approved labels make shopping easier with standards for organic products.
Strong Abs: The Importance of Working Your Core
A surprising new study finds a possible connection between abdominal strength and longevity. Here's how yoga can give you strong abs.
Your Go-To Guide To Surviving Sinusitis Season
While many medication treat the symptoms, vibrations created from chanting Om can help clear your sinusitis and ward off infections from its source.
Kirtan 101: Can You Say “Om Namah Shivaya”?
What's old is new again. Chanting and music is the new way to practice yoga across the country.
The Best Flow for “Aunt Flo”
Why you should consider swapping inversions for restorative yoga poses during your period.
Make Peace With Perfectionism + Make Mistakes
Toiling under the tyranny of perfectionism? Perfection isn't the tyrant—it's our notions about it that rule us.
Post-Pregnancy and Ashtanga Practice
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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.
Breaking Barriers
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Armchair Yogi: Alan Finger
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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
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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
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Emperor of Air
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Sharon Salzberg
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Yoga, or Something Like It
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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.
Interview with Max Strom
This co-founder of a Los Angeles yoga studio weighs in on commodification and the revolution that is yoga.
How to Restore Your Rasa
Are you overstimulated, overworked, and stressed? If so, you might be depleting your rasa reserve.
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
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Yoga for Athletic High School Students
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Gilgoff’s Grace
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The Path of the Peaceful Warrior
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Yoga Mom, Buddha Baby: The Yoga Workout for New Moms by Jyothi Larson and Ken Howard
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Spirit Flow with Arlene Griffin
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Fat-Burning Yoga with Sara Ivanhoe
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The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems
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East-West Fusion
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Cause & Effect
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Talking Shop with Krishna Das
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A New Medical Model
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Why Traphala is Such an Essential Component of Ayurveda
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An Ayurvedic Cure for Modern Life
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Q&A: What Poses Would Strengthen a Cyclist’s Knees?
Esther Myers offers advice for specific stretches for cyclists with knee problems.
Talking Shop with Baron Baptiste
Baron Baptiste shares how he became a yoga teacher and his philosophy on teaching.
Armchair Yogi: Mary Paffard
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Yantram: Sacred Art Toolbox
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The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
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How to Be Good by Nick Hornby
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The Story of Buddhism by Donald S. Lopez Jr.
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Yoga for Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice by David Frawley and Sandra Summerfield Kozak
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Armchair Yoga: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
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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
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Total Yoga: A Step-by-Step Guide to Yoga at Home for Everybody by Tara Fraser
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The True Path: Western Science and the Quest for Yoga by Roy J. Mathew, M.D.
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Vinyasa Yoga with Elena Brower
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Tias Little on Reading and Yoga
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