Yoga Trends

A growing community of Indigenous teachers are offering yoga as a way to address their communities’ needs—and reconnect with their traditions.

Rebekah Borucki's Row House Publishing is a platform for diverse, disruptive wellness writers.

Pre-pandemic, its Yoga on the Labyrinth program may have been the largest diverse yoga gathering on this side of the equator.

The wildly popular YouTube teacher is helping us feel connected, even as we shelter in place.

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

Psychedlics are having a moment. Psychiatrists are administering magic mushrooms in medical centers while yogis host ceremonies with psychoactive tea. This resurgence in research and recreational use may have something to teach us about spiritual enlightenment. Here, we explore the potential role of psychedelics within a yoga practice or as therapeutic treatment.

Rosie Acosta, host of the popular yoga podcast Radically Loved, shares her top 5 tips for launching a yoga podcast—and taking your audience from nobody to new heights.

If you already have a steady SUP yoga practice, you might be eager to try more challenging postures on your board. Enter this sequence, which is filled with familiar postures that have unexpected variations.

What if you could take a yoga class in the comfort of your home or office with a LIVE teacher, who sees you in real time the same way you see them? This is totally possible now with two-way live streaming yoga classes.

Our writer never thought she would participate in one of those social media yoga challenges, but she found it surprisingly rewarding. Here are 7 things she learned from the experience.

In this Instagram blowout between Alo, Cody App, and teachers Dana Falsetti and Kino MacGregor, the yoga community revealed—in both supportive and damning comments—how complicated yoga business and social media can be.

Yes, the teacher can see you in your living room ... here are the pros and cons of taking a two-way live streaming yoga class.

YJ Influencer Laura Burkhart offers the story of her own chronic pain and hip injury as a caution to yogis and encourages you to get honest about your own practice.

As a yogi, you’ve likely picked up a crystal or a mala—and maybe hoped it could help you cultivate what you lack. But would you buy into crystal healing as an alternative therapy?

In honor of the season of giving, we’re highlighting some yoga-based relief efforts that are mindfully helping rebuild—from Sonoma County to San Juan.

Check out YJ Editor's author page.

With our community more than doubling in the last decade, yoga is quickly evolving. (Goat yoga gone mainstream? Couldn’t have called it.) This National Yoga Month, we asked respected teachers across the yoga spectrum: what’s happening now and what’s next? Despite wildly different styles, many shared unified perspectives—and predictions.

Have you been eyeing yoga bodysuits and rompers? Here are 5 we tested and loved, plus how to pull them off!

Alexandria Crow discusses the yoga you can and can’t see in an Instagram.

We vet everything from kitchen essentials to must-reads so you can get straight to the good stuff.

Yogis have used singing bowls for decades, but in recent years crystal alchemy bowls seem to be displacing the traditional Tibetan variety. Discover the healing power behind their sound.

The poise with which Beyoncé displayed her pregnant-with-twins body in that gorgeous gold gown for her stunning Grammy performance was remarkable. Here, 4 celeb yogis who inspire us by rocking what they got.

Amid global instability, it's only natural to crave connection, warmth, soothing rituals, and the comforts of home. Enter hyyge.

The world's most exclusive yoga experience just might take place high atop the red sandstone peaks of Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park—a remote destination only accessible by helicopter.

If you've gotten hurt during a yoga class, you're not alone. A new study found that yoga injuries are on the rise, especially among older adults. Here are 4 ways to avoid getting hurt.

While most dance parties end in the wee hours, these trending events starting at 6 a.m. are inspiring yogis across the country to rise and rave—minus the alcohol and drugs.

Need a little LOL in your life? We were honored and privileged to have our third eye awakened by the one and only Ultra Spiritual JP Sears, a YouTube sensation with 100 million+ hits and YJ LIVE! San Francisco keynote presenter.

If you're on Instagram, you've probably seen some of the innovative takes on traditional asana. These 10 creative practitioners tested their limits this year turning asana into an art form.

This is definitely not your mom's yoga. Two new classes, Rage Yoga in Calgary, Alberta, and Doom Metal Yoga in Portland, Oregon, are breaking the yoga mold, featuring heavy metal, cursing, and yes, beer.

Cut out any awkward conversations and place a card on the edge of your mat so your yoga teachers knows if it's okay to give you hands-on adjustments.

Lainey Morse certainly didn't expect to become, as she puts it, a "goat yoga mogul." But a cute idea to host a yoga class at her Oregon farm while baby goats prance around has turned into a phenomenon with a more than 500-person wait list.

A growing number of “yoga rock stars” seem to be repurposing pop songs with positive messages for yogis. Check out our favorite covers and practice to the playlist.

Velvet is making a comeback in fashion right now, but can this runway trend really perform on the yoga mat? We gave it a try.

Yoga studios turn into work environments that offer community, flexibility, and a solid Wi-Fi connection.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Learn more about 10 people making a deep impact in the yoga world.

The latest yoga trend? Combine the cuteness of cats crawling on your mat with the feel-good factor of your favorite yoga class, and you've got Meowga.

Drop-in meditation studios with 100- and 200-hour meditation teacher trainings are popping up around the country.

Yoga teacher Shauna Harrison shows us how TRX can benefit both beginners and more experienced yogis. Learn how to incorporate this it into your routine.

Breathe For Change, an organization launched last year by teachers for teachers, is on a mission to save our schools, one teacher at a time, by reducing burnout through yoga and mindfulness training.

Have you ever wanted some extra help tuning out the external world, let alone your inner dialogue, for a yoga class? Look no further than Sound Off Yoga.

Four popular DJs sound off on the creative process of syncing beats to asana and on their emerging roles in the yoga community.

Yoga Journal readers share photos of their 
standup paddleboard (SUP) 
yoga practice to get you psyched for summer.

A little asana and meditation can be the perfect antidote to summer-travel angst and aches.

Although yoga in the U.S. is very different from how it used to be, the news of yoga’s growth is both exciting and inspiring. Take a look at the highlights.

Thinking about attending a yoga festival but feeling a bit intimidated by the unknown? Allow us pull back the curtain and give you an inside look. (Warning: Inspiration ahead.)

From the streets to your mat, high-rise leggings are everywhere this season. So get ready for warm weather, knowing you can wear crop tops without showing off your backside during Sun Salutations.

Practicing yoga and meditation in water brings us back to basics.

San Francisco-area yogis, extend the benefits of your practice to others at the Yoga Reaches Out Bay Area Yogathon supporting the Lazarex Center Foundation.

Early ballots for the 2016 Grammy Awards included nearly two dozen albums inspired by bhakti yoga. We listened to them all to choose our favorite yoga music for the year. Practice to the playlist.

Readers share the yoga they practice in groups.

Float Therapy is on the rise. Find out why this womb-like experience just might elevate the way you meditate.

If headspins and windmills were, like, totally your thingin the 1980s, you’ll love Breakti, a combo of yoga and breakdancing.

From Manduka to Beyoncé and Top Shop, here are five new collections worth exploring this year.

These YJ readers share the yoga they practice in cities around the world.

Your practice choices this year were diverse. Revisit YJ readers' favorite asana sequences from 2015 to see what you might have missed.

To feed your spirit is to embark on an inner journey. In these 108 images, Robert Sturman and his subjects inspire us to go inside and explore.

Ever wonder why everyone wears white in Kundalini classes? Learn how it just might lighten your soul no matter what style you practice.

Photographer Robert Sturman shares 21 moving images and quotes from yogis around the world.

Bikram Choudhury’s sequence of 26 yoga poses and two breathing exercises is not entitled to copyright protection, an appellate court affirmed last week.

Quality time with your pup doesn’t have to be limited to walks and couch cuddles. Here's how to get your dog on the mat.

Police officers, firefighters, and others who face extreme stress and trauma on a regular basis can find peace in asana, breath, and affirmation.

Michael O’Neill spent 10 years photographing the masters and gurus of our time for his new book On Yoga. Here, he shares his experience and work with YJ.

The next generation of boys may play with Yoga Joes instead of G.I. Joes, thanks to a designer determined to spread the word that yoga is for guys, too.

Check out Patty Hodapp's author page.

Many wineries are touting wine and yoga as a perfect pairing. See why you should try this trend out.

Readers share the yoga they practice in the desert.

Looking for a new way to meditate? Pick up a box of crayons. Coloring books for grownups are trending, and now there’s one especially for yogis.

Is your practice playlist getting stale? Good news: Yogi-musician Trevor Hall's new album just dropped. Unroll your mat, cue up a sequence, and listen to it right here.

Yoga teachers and scholars offer insights about the role of traditional, long-term student-teacher relationships amidst scandals and social media.

Social media–savvy yogis are opening up their personal lives to give you in-the-moment yoga inspiration, puppy cuddles, and stunning beach views.

It's as easy as ABC. The Letter Sound Yoga app makes learning the sounds of the alphabet active.

The Dharma Yoga creator shows off his latest innovation—a wheel-shaped prop to assist you in backbends and inversions. See how to use it.

Yoga teacher Maggie DiPasquale say music is essential for setting the tone in teen yoga classes and offers tips for choosing songs that move teens.

The Dharma Yoga Wheel helps newbies and veterans backbend safely and fearlessly.

Meet three young yoga teachers using Instagram as an outlet to share their passion for the practice.

Grab your mat and practice with yogis around the world for the first-ever International Day of Yoga on June 21, the summer solstice.

Aerial yoga combines 
acrobatic arts and anti-gravity asana, but
 it’s also an accessible 
practice that can help you find more length 
in your spine and safe 
alignment 
in your poses.

Zoe Mantarakis of the Austin, Texas, studio Yoga Illumined has six reasons why every child would love Yoga Camp—and a new camp for Austin kids.