Daily Practice Challenge: Inversions for Illumination Sequence 4
This week, Los Angeles-based yoga teacher Clio Manuelian offers an invigorating and grounding inversions-focused plan to prepare the body and mind to open to the insight of meditation.
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Daily Practice Challenge: Inversions for Illumination Sequence 3
This week, Los Angeles-based yoga teacher Clio Manuelian offers an invigorating and grounding inversions-focused plan to prepare the body and mind to open to the insight of meditation.
Daily Practice Challenge: Inversions for Illumination Sequence 1
This week, Los Angeles-based yoga teacher Clio Manuelian offers an invigorating and grounding inversions-focused plan to prepare the body and mind to open to the insight of meditation.
Yoga for Inner Peace: Reconnecting with Your Roots
Colleen Saidman Yee, who leads our upcoming Yoga for Inner Peace online course, explains the importance of getting in touch with your roots as part of your personal journey toward inner peace.
The Post-SUP Yoga Sequence for Beginner Standup Paddlers
Open your chest and find proper alignment after a tough standup paddleboard workout. This beginner SUP yoga sequence will get you started.
Can a Month of Saying “No” More Often Change Your Life?
How learning to say this one little word more often completely shifted my perspective.
Yoga Around the World: A Global Flipbook by Robert Sturman
In honor of the second International Day of Yoga, Yoga Journal is proud to present a peek into the practices of 18 global yogis, photographed in locations around the world by Robert Sturman.
Help Your Students Let Go: 5 Hands-On Assists for Savasana
Senior AcroYoga teacher Deven Sisler and yoga teacher Britta Rael demonstrate 5 ways that hands-on assists can enhance the Savasana experience.
Find Solitude + Serenity in Carmel Valley, California
Find solitude with Buddhist monks in Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.
Out There: Practice Outdoors with “Yoga on the Rocks” This Summer
Join CorePower Yoga this summer at Red Rocks Amphitheatre for a unique yoga experience with awe-inspiring views.
10 Yoga Poses to Help You Love Your Body
Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who leads YJ's online course Pillars of Power Yoga, demonstrates 10 poses that will help you love and accept your body.
Meet Taylor O’Sullivan, Tour Ambassador
She can’t wait to hit the road and meet more incredible people in the yoga community.
Inside YJ’s YTT: How Teacher Training Helped Me Find My Voice
Yoga Journal digital producer Samantha Trueheart shares how yoga teacher training helped her overcome a lifelong fear and open up her throat chakra.
How Yoga Fosters Real Community + Relationships in a Digital World
Spending quality time with family, friends, and community—while also staying open to new relationships—is the secret to a happy, healthy life. One of the most powerful ways to forge more vital, lasting connections: yoga.
Tiffany Cruikshank’s Yoga Tricks for Better Digestion
Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank offers four tricks for fine-tuning your body’s digestive process with yoga.
Inside YJ’s YTT: 4 Pearls of Wisdom for Conscious Living
Yoga Journal art director Melissa Newman shares four tips for harnessing yoga's power to deepen self-awareness.
Try the Water Yoga Trend: 6 Aqua Yoga Poses
Practicing yoga and meditation in water brings us back to basics.
It’s Official! Meet Our LIVE BE YOGA Tour Ambassadors + Our 4 Finalists
Meet the yogis who will be touring across the country for six months capturing yoga stories as they go. Plus–meet our four other amazing yogi finalists.
Two Fit Moms: 8 Poses to Prep You for Hanumanasana
Whether or not you ever find yourself in the full expression of Monkey Pose, you can still enjoy the journey with these very effective preps from Two Fit Moms.
Kino MacGregor’s 4-Step Get-Your-Handstand Plan
Use these four steps to guide your practice, build inner strength, and nail the coveted pose. Go get it!
The Desire Map: How to Set a Goal with Soul and Get It
Ready to flip intention setting on its head?
Hugging Meditation: Deepen Your Practice with a Mindful Embrace
Hugging meditation, made famous by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, is rooted in the belief that a good hug can have transformative effects.
From Breakup to Breakthrough: Healing Heartbreak on the Mat
Writer Crystal Fenton shares her story of using patience and practice to turn the end of a relationship into an opportunity to evolve.
Elena Brower’s Yoga Flow to Transform Tension into Forgiveness
In this excerpt from The Art of Attention, Elena Brower embodies MC Yogi's wise words on the practice of forgiveness in a tender asana sequence.
5 Ways to Creatively Sequence a Yoga Class
Need yoga lesson planning inspiration? Use these tips to stay inspired when creating new sequences for your yoga classes, so you and your students will never get bored.
Two Fit Moms: 8 Poses for Active + Passive Stress Relief
Pick your poses. Two Fit Moms offers three ways to relieve holiday stress with yoga—active, passive, or a combo—in this sequence.
Try Balancing Your Being By Working Toward Samadhi
These five steps will help you get there.
Stoke Your Spirit: 31 Images to Inspire Transcendence
As you meet your true Self, you will begin to transcend attitudes, reactions, and ways of being you were previously accustomed to. Open up to the true you.
Stoke Your Spirit: 26 Images to Inspire Authenticity
Embracing your individuality and truest identity frees the soul. Here, 26 beautiful examples of people doing just that from photographer Robert Sturman.
A Yogi’s Guide to Finding the Perfect Mala Beads
Discover the meanings and intentions of different stones to help you find the mala truest to your unique, authentic self.
Two Fit Moms: 8 Poses to Illuminate Your Blessings
To clear your mind, energize your body, and focus on all you have to be thankful for, integrate these 8 poses into your practice.
Meditation Troubleshooting: 3 Ways to Prepare for Calm
Check out Janice Gates's author page.
14-Minute Stress-Reducing Office Yoga for Type A’s
Are you Type A? Is work more central to your day than breath? This 14-minute practice eases stress by boosting endorphins and dopamine—right at your desk.
5 Ways To Practice Compassion—and Get Better at It
Compassion is an essential skill that can be improved over time to transform your life and increase your happiness.
Yoga Boosts Cancer Survivors’ Well-Being
Just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month: A study found that yoga helped cancer survivors feel better physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
A Meditation on the Joy of Motherhood
This meditation for mothers is meant to evoke feelings that will help ground you in a place of calm and appreciation.
Day 19: 6 Ayurveda tips for feeling your best
To help cultivate your ojas, Ayurveda offers these simple yet powerful tips for letting your inner radiance shine through.
Foster Aparigraha (Non-Grasping) on the Mat
Use asana, mantra, and mudra to help bring into focus the unique ways this yama plays out in your life.
Summon Santosha (Contentment) On the Mat
Use asana, mantra, and mudra to help bring into focus the subtle and not-so-subtle ways this niyama plays out in your life.
Nikki Myers: Yoga Therapy for Recovering Addicts
A yoga therapist and recovering addict helps others find self-acceptance and sustainable recovery.
Day 4: Meditate on self-compassion
Try to cultivate self-compassion by including this reflection in your meditation or yoga practice.
Seva Champions: 14 Selfless Service Leaders
Seva means selfless service, and that is what these 14 honorees are all about: using yoga to help others in their local and global communities.
Two Fit Moms: 8 Travel Poses You Can Do Anywhere
If you’re traveling without a mat or don’t have the space to roll one out, you can still stretch your whole body with these 8 standing poses.
10 Meditations You’ll Want to Keep Handy
Meditation is one part of the practice that has the potential to keep deepening with age. Here are 10 guided meditations to return to for years to come.
Then + Now: 40 Years of Yoga Gear
In honor of our 40th, we asked veteran teachers to take us back to 1975 and the props yogis were working with then. Here, a brief history of yoga gear.
4 Ways to Build Hip Stability + Prevent Injury
Tight or open, your hips need to be strong for injury-free movement. Learn how to build stability in common yoga poses.
YJ Flashback: 14 Covers the Editors Still Love
Take a peek at some of the highlights from 14 of our most memorable issues, including the guest teachers, models, and wellness experts who have shaped the magazine.
Gestures of Awakening: 5 Mudras for Summer Solstice
Shiva Rea offers five hand mudras to cultivate heart consciousness in celebration of the Summer Solstice and the First International Yoga Day.
The Mindful Diet Week 1: Build an Awareness Foundation
Science shows us that the first step to creating a new, lasting habit is to ask yourself this crucial question: What behavior do I want to create?
3 Confidence-Boosting Meditations For Your Sun Salutes
No time to meditate? Bryant Park Yoga teacher Sangeeta Vallabhan doesn't buy it. You make time for Surya Namaskar, don't you?
Class Rained Out? 5 Ways to Hack Your Yoga High
Yoga Journal Brand Director Kristen Dollard was Bryant Park Yoga's featured teacher this week—until her class was rained out. Here's how she still got into a yogic state of mind.
The Surrender Experiment: How One Yogi Found “Life’s Perfection”
Author Michael A. Singer went from a penniless yogi in the woods to CEO of a billion-dollar public company—almost against his own will. Get a preview of his story in this interview.
Goddess Yoga Project: Bring-On-the-Breakthrough Sunrise Practice
Master teacher Sianna Sherman created this short sunrise sequence integrating the physical and spiritual to take your practice to another level.
War Correspondent Bhava Ram Finds the Power of Love Through Yoga
A war correspondent reporting from the frontlines of the world’s largest refugee crisis uncovers the power of yoga—and love.
3 Powerful Lessons Learned from a Deep Dive into India’s Yoga
Prepare yourself for a very different experience when you unroll your mat in yoga’s motherland, Rina Jakubowicz says. Here’s what to expect.
Blood Moon–Inspired Heart Chakra–Opening Yoga Sequence
Use these heart-opening poses to synchonize your yoga practice with the energy of the special pink full moon and lunar eclipse.
Yoga Practices for Veterans: Body Scan
Bhava Ram teaches teachers how to integrate the benefits of yoga at the cellular level through a gentle and simple body scan in Savasana.
Yoga Practices for Veterans: Mindful Emotions
Positive emotions can alter your inner chemistry from stress-fueled adrenaline and cortisol to oxytocin and other healing neurochemicals.
Alignment Cues Decoded: “Tadasana Is the Blueprint Pose”
Teachers' teacher Alexandria Crow explains why she wholeheartedly endorses this yoga cliche—now that she gets it.
Q+A: How Can I Heal Myself With Meditation?
The following meditation, when done regularly, brings self-esteem, self-love, and self-healing into the body.
Patanjali Never Said Practice Is Optional
Alexandria Crow says she owes all of the tools she has to use and teach with today to regular practice. Skipping it is just not an option.
Build Up to Bhujapidasana: Shoulder-Pressing Pose
Kino MacGregor says careful emphasis on technique and strategic preparation will help you find the energy to move beyond your limits one breath at a time.
The Mindfulness Meditation Guide
Our mindfulness meditation guide can help you get around roadblocks and on the path to contentment.
Prana In the Belly: 4 Steps to a Healthy Core + Digestive System
Bo Forbes teaches how to release tension, increase prana, and promote physical and emotional digestion in the belly.
Elena Brower’s 4-Step Practice to Define Your Dream
Elena Brower offers this 4-step practice to bring your dream into focus.
Mind-Mapping Meditation to Identify Shraddha + Dharma
Use this practice from Coral Brown to illuminate your faith, your purpose, and enhance your overall well-being.
Kino MacGregor’s Yoga Practice for Deep Presence
You don’t need to be a master of advanced asana to drop into the deepest level of yourself each day. The star of this sequence is the breath.
Patanjali Never Said Anything About Alignment
Alexandria Crow explores the practical and philosophical reasons for teaching the nitty-gritty.
4 Challenging Tree Pose Variations for Better Balance
Try yoga teacher Claire Missingham's ideas for adding some flair to your Vrksasana.
4 Restorative Yoga Poses to Soothe Holiday Stress
Have a to-do list that could rival Santa's? It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the holidays, which is why you need yoga more than ever.
8 Detoxifying Poses + Kundalini Kriyas
Teacher Liz Lindh created this sequence to boost energy, promote mental clarity, and rid the body of toxins after overeating.
Why I’m Grateful I Did My Yoga Teacher Training
It changed my life.
6 Inspiring Stories: How the Practice Changed these Yogis Lives
When a crisis hits, you have to dig deep. Yoga helps people tap into reserves of inner strength to find new hope, resilience, and happiness.
Kathryn Budig Q+A with Yoga Teacher Gina Caputo
#FindYourInspiration in this heart-to-heart between two yoga teachers who lead by example and make every day count.
Leah Cullis’ Joyful Sequence: 14 Poses For the Holidays
Activate your core, focus on your breath, and shed stress to radiate joyful energy.
Deepak Chopra’s 4-Step Mindful Practice to Enrich Your Life
Find what you seek and come to a deeper understanding of your purpose with these tips from mind-body medicine pioneer and author Deepak Chopra, MD.
Kathryn Budig’s Gratitudasana: Eight-Angle Shoulder Hug
After nursing an injury, Kathryn shows her shoulders some love. And how better than with a hug? Try her creative challenge pose.
Kathryn Budig’s Gratitudasana: Humble Flamingo
Yogis always find a way to extend the month’s gratefulness beyond the edges of our stuffed plates and back onto our mats.
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Taylor Harkness is a yoga teacher, bent on moving people both on and off the mat to open up and #shineon.