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YJ.com speaks with Xorin Balbes, author of SoulSpace and owner of Lumeria Retreat Center in Maui, about how to create an environment that supports your best life.

Georg Feuerstein's body of scholarly works enlightened the yoga community. A friend and colleague remembers his influence.

Yoga Scholar Georg Feuerstein died Saturday at the age of 65.

Clive Mayhew explains his transition from business success story to founding a nonprofit that brings yoga to in-need populations around the globe.

Yoga teacher Sadie Nardini stars on a new cable show featuring her trademark Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga, enthusiasm, and humor.

A couple from Portland, Oregon, create a new poster that illustrates yoga's deep roots and many branches.

One man found his authentic voice by singing for inspiration. Here's his advice for following tradition while finding your own creative expression.

After advocating for mind-body medicine for more than 20 years, Chopra Center co-founder David Simon passes away.

The latest entry in the popular field of yoga memoirs is a wickedly funny book with one of the most memorable titles ever: "Yoga Bitch: One Woman's Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment." The...

If you want to be a Forrest Yoga teacher, you'll have to do more than enroll in any ol' 200-hour yoga teacher training. You'll have to train with Ana Forrest herself. Then, you might be mentored by one of...

It isn't often that your doctor takes off his coat, puts on shorts, and leads a yoga class. Unless your doctor is  Loren Fishman, MD. Fishman is the medical director of Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in New York City,...

Pandit Rajmani Tigunait infuses his teaching with old-school wisdom, social commentary, and a jolly sense of humor.

Larry Schultz, founder of It's Yoga studio and developer of the signature practice known as Rocket Yoga, has died. He was 60. Schultz founded It's Yoga in San Francisco in 1989, creating a vibrant hub for a growing yoga community...

I love tracking the ongoing debate about who is teaching the "right" kind of yoga--and who isn't. And that's exactly what I found when I opened the weekend The New York Times and read the article "Rebel Yoga" about Tara...

At age six, most kids are taught by some kind of teacher. But in an unusual role reversal, an Indian six-year old IS a teacher. A yoga teacher, that is. The Daily Mail calls Shruti Pandey the world's youngest yoga teacher:...

Aadil Palkhivala, former student of BKS Iyengar and founder of Purna Yoga, always manages to distill the essence of yoga eloquently and passionately. Recently, I asked this master teacher a few questions about his new book, Fire of Love: For...

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I recently caught with YJ contributor Jaimal Yogis to discuss his memoir about his experiences with surfing and Buddhism, Saltwater Yoga: A Surfers Quets to Find Zen on the Sea. A long-time yoga practitioner, Yogis (his real name--you'll have...

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The Los Angeles Times recently ran a profile of yoga teacher and Yoga Journal calendar model Seane Corn. Why, you ask? Here's why: "Since 2005, she has raised an estimated $300,000 for YouthAIDS, a nonprofit health services organization that serves...

Like his pose chart, Dharma Mittra still inspires yogis around the world.

Visit the Volvo for Life Awards website to vote for one of the real-life heroes who are changing the world, like yogi Matt Sanford. Here is an excerpt of his story: "When only thirteen years old, Matthew survived a catastrophic...

Yoko Ono urged the world to give peace a chance with the unveiling on October 9th of the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland on what would have been John Lennon's 67th birthday. The plan is for the tower to be...

Saul David Raye's true calling? To be a father, healer, and yoga teacher—in that order.

Angela Farmer talked to us from London about Iyengar, aging gracefully, and the true meaning of contentment.

It's 8 a.m. at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at the University of Missouri-Columbia: you wouldn't normally expect a bunch of frat boys to be up at this hour, never mind doing Sun Salutations with the campus yoga instructor. But...

Rod Stryker's deep study of Tantra has taught him to be fearless and joyful.

Meet five yogis whose practice has inspired their activism.

Though he never visited the United States, this Indian guru had a profound influence on yoga in America.

After renouncing his own religion at the age of 34, Krishnamurti espoused learning the truth experientially, rather than through an organized belief system.

One of the earliest American Iyengar teachers, Dunn was instrumental in introducing Iyengar to this country.

The Romanian born scholar of religion and author of more than 1,000 works, wrote his doctoral dissertation about yoga.

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Often called the First Lady of Yoga, Indra Devi was instrumental in the global diffusion of the practice.