Remembering B.K.S. Iyengar: John Schumacher
Yoga teacher John Schumacher reflects on B.K.S. Iyengar’s life, his influence on modern yoga, and the legacy he has left behind.
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Q&A with Beyonce’s Guitarist and Yogi Musician Bibi McGill
Our Home Practice teacher and Beyoncé’s lead guitarist Bibi McGill talks about sacred music, her love of kale, metaphysical experiences, and the state of yoga today.
Foster Your Inner Glow with Ayurveda
Feel and look radiant by harnessing the power of Ayurvedic self-care.
6 Ayurvedic Techniques to Cultivate Your Body’s Internal Energy
Ayruveda offers these simple yet powerful tips for letting your inner radiance shine through and bolstering your ojas, or inner-energy reserves.
How to ‘Choose Peace’ in Your Everyday Life
Mark your calendar -- you might want to be a little kinder to your fellow humans this weekend.
A Tribute to B.K.S. Iyengar
Here, 18 of his students share poignant, heartfelt remembrances of their Guruji and his profound influence.
Remembering B.K.S. Iyengar: Matthew Sanford
"Through Iyengar Yoga, I gain access to living sensation within my paralysis and have gained glimpses into the ‘unseen’ unity of the Universe."
Presented By lululemon: How to Empower Your Body with Yoga
Discover how this model and blogger quieted her inner critic and learned to love her body.
How Cupcake Hands Saved My Vinyasa
Think you know Sun Salutes? Annie Carpenter's tips could transform them.
Get Grounded Anywhere: 7 Ways from Teacher Saul David Raye
Learn how to tap the parasympathetic nervous system by connecting with nature from this California yoga teacher.
6 Women Tackle Body Image in the Practice of Leadership Series
The panelists sum up their goals for increasing self-acceptance in a Photoshopped world.
My Body Image, My Self: Weighty Stories of Self-Acceptance, Part 5
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Be Direct: Ask For What You Want
Feel guilty about praying for favors, especially mundane ones like a new job? Don't.
Q&A: I Sprained My Ankle. What Poses Can I Do?
Iyengar Yoga Instructor Julie Lawrence gives advice for how to recover gently from an ankle sprain.
3 Poses to Help You Love Your Body
Yoga poses to get in tip-top shape for summer, tone muscles, and love the skin you're in.
Mother’s Day Reflection: Destiny’s Child
On a pilgrimage to India, a yogi explores letting go of motherhood as she knows it and embracing something new.
Taylor Harkness’ Happiness Plan
Kathryn Budig talks with this popular young teacher about wellness, happiness, and the future of yoga and medicine.
How Yogis Do Squat: Malasana
Sculpt strong, lean legs and focus your intention with Malasana.
Yoga for a Broken Heart
If your heart hurts, this powerful meditation can help you transform that energy and let it go.
Why We Need Spontaneous Happiness
America's favorite holistic doctor explains how to create the environment for more joy and contentment in your life.
A Solstice Practice
Tomorrow we celebrate the longest night of 2013, a time to put forth your best intentions for the coming year.
BKS Iyengar Turns 95
This weekend yoga studios around the world will celebrate the birthday of a living legend, BKS Iyengar.
Beyond Bikram: Finding Yourself in 105-Degree Heat
A dedicated Bikram yogini finds freedom and a deep connection to herself when she embarks on her own practice.
Connecting with Community
It took Erica Rodefer Winters a long time understand the importance of connecting with her local yoga community. But now it's one of the most gratifying parts of her practice.
Transcending Borders, Transcending Boundaries
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How to Create an Inspirational Home Altar
Famous yogis share how they make space for gratitude and inspiration in their home altars.
Stand Strong: Yoga for Bone Health
Keep young and aging bones healthy with these yoga poses.
The Challenge of Caregiving
Caregiving can be a difficult, exhausting task. Katherine Griffin sheds light on how to cope.
Sun High, Consider Yourself Blessed
This week's planetary happenings shimmer with good luck. Here's how you can align your yoga practice with the fortuitous energy of the solstice.
Radio Show Yoga Stories
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When Your Teachers Leave
When a beloved yoga teacher moves on, students get a first-hand lesson in impermanence.
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Crow Jumpback
The jumpback transition from Bakasana to Chaturanga is mostly mental. Overcome doubt and practice.
Writing My Way to Contentment
In an effort to stay present to all the really great things in her life, Erica Rodefer Winters has started a happiness journal. It's working.
One Mom Finds Connection With Her Son Over Chess And Yoga
Chess and yoga have more similarities than you might think. A recent essay explores why both disciplines have lasted throughout the centuries.
A Morning Ayurvedic Routine for Lasting Change
Katie Silcox explains the importance of dinacharya, or daily routine, for making changes, and offers a morning routine to set your day right and put you on the path to health.
Lead With Your Heart: How to Practice Bhakti Yoga
Bhakti yoga can help you transform moments of heartbreak into a romance with life itself.
Miraculous Practice: How Yoga Leads to Transformation
See how the regular study and practice of yoga led to full transformation in four lives.
Dear Students
A yoga teacher thanks her students for all the lessons they've taught her.
Out With the Old: This Practice Helped Me Thrive in the New Year
Make space for your New Year's intentions by letting go of the past.
Aging Gracefully
From flexibilty to peace of mind, yoga develops qualities to keep you young at heart.
7 Simple Ways to Find Some Calm
Try these seven simple ways to reset. Some take only a few seconds, and none takes more than 15 minutes. But in every case, the very act of taking time to stop and nurture yourself is as important as the practice you choose to explore.
Five Habits to Stay Healthy for Life
Five habits that will help you feel great today and in the future.
How Yoga in Schools Helps Kids De-Stress
Yoga helps kids manage pressure and cultivate strength, ultimately setting the stage for happiness and success.
Miraculous Practice: How Yoga Transforms Lives
Four stories of transformation to reinvigorate your own yoga practice.
How Yoga Helps Musicians Feel
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Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: One-Legged King Pigeon Pose
Eka Pada Kapotasana is a backbend variation that will open your psoas and your heart.
Yoga Gives Back
An organization inspired by yoga provides funding for microloans to impoverished women with children throughout India.
Showered with Kindness
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Preparing for Surgery and Recovery
Prepare for surgery with mind-body techniques that may help you recover faster.
We Are the World
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The Importance of Ritual
Rituals make even mundane activities intentional and sacred. Here, Katie Silcox explains how to create rituals in everyday life.
Master Class with Kathryn Budig: Firefly (Tittibhasana)
Fire up your core strength as you fly into Tittibhasana.
Stay Connected By Disconnecting
The trend toward enlightened thinking in the high-tech world yields wisdom for all of us about how to stay connected with our inner technologies as well as our electronics.
Ground Control
Root yourself to the earth to stay centered, even during chaotic times, with this practice of dynamic grounding poses.
Soothing Moon Shine: Chandra Namaskar
Get your inner glow on with gently flowing, quieting Moon Salutations.
The Yoga of Receiving: Practice Opening Up to Life’s Gifts
Practicing the art of accepting a gift—be it a material item or something less tangible like a compliment, favor, or piece of wisdom—can help us live, and give, with more meaning.
Feeling Uninspired By Your Daily Routine? These Yoga Practices Can Help
Tips on how to make your entire (yes, entire) day better.
How to Use Self Reflection to Identify the Light and Dark Within
Shine a light on the dark side of yourself to discover your negative tendencies, and change them.
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Foot-Behind-the-Head Pose
Eka Pada Sirsasana has a way of reminding you it's really not about the goal, but the journey.
When Yoga Gets Real
Para Yoga teacher Katie Silcox feels the lessons of her practice as she embarks upon the biggest adventure of her life.
Open Voyage: 5 Steps to Mermaid Pose
Learn to navigate all of life with grace by tapping into your fluid nature in Mermaid Pose.
Blue Horizons
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How To Understand The 5 Basic Levels of Life’s Pleasures
Embrace life by understanding the 5 basic levels of life's pleasures.
The Surprising Reason You’re Not Fulfilling Your New Year’s Intentions
Replacing hard-headed discipline with self-compassion is a more effective strategy for making changes.
Opening Ceremony
Gently open the chest-opening and backbending sequence.
5 Ways Yogis Can Take Action on Earth Day
Get out and celebrate Earth Day this year by practicing Ahisma (non-harming). We've collected some easy and fun ways to spread the eco-friendly mindset.
Challenge Pose: Handstand
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5 Signs You Might be Addicted to Yoga
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5 Ways to Embrace a Pose You Loathe
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Seva Yoga: Bringing the Power of Practice Around the Globe
Through yoga and service, dedicated students of yoga bring the healing power of practice to those in need around the globe.
Use This Yoga Mantra to Evoke Abundance + Beauty
Om shrim mahalkshmyai namah! Reverence to the power of sri, the great goddess Lakshmi!
The Big Brain Benefits of Meditation
Science proves meditating restructures your brain and trains it to concentrate, feel greater compassion, cope with stress, and more.
7 Tips to Prepare You for Your Next Yoga Service Trip
Going on yoga service trips is challenging and knowing what to expect before you go on a service trip will help you get the most from your experience.
I’m So Happy for You: How to Trade Jealousy for Joy
Take delight in the good fortune of others to create more happiness for yourself.
Survive Yoga Teacher Training: How to Prepare
Enrolling in a yoga teacher training may come with both excitement and its shadow—anxiety. Totally normal. Here's are how to get ready.
Love in Full Bloom
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Happy Days
Find your inner smile and delight in these playful poses.
The Sun Salutation Decoded: Learn Surya Namaskar
Start your day with reverence.
Boston Family
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