You Have 7 Chakras. Here’s How Yoga Can Help Balance Them.
Say hello to more creativity, confidence, and calm.
Learn about the chakra system. Try these meditations, poses, and sequences to tune in to (and open up) these seven energy centers of the subtle body to establish your most vibrant and balanced mind, body, and soul.
Say hello to more creativity, confidence, and calm.
The experience helped me make peace with things in ways that I can't explain.
Let these yoga poses remind you what it's like to hold yourself with both strength and ease.
Give the gift of balance this holiday season with enticing aromas geared toward your seven energy centers.
In less than three minutes, you'll feel more centered and energized.
And you can do it lying down.
All you need is 15 minutes.
This 15-minute flow will help you feel more stable, grounded, and ready to take on the world.
Discover the signs of blocked energy in the crown chakra, or sahasrara, and how you may benefit from aligning it.
Discover the physical and mental signs of blocked energy in the muladhara and how you may benefit from aligning it.
Open your vishuddha, the throat chakra, to find your voice and speak your truth.
Tapping into your feminine energy channel can bring your chakras—and your life—into balance.
Discover the physical and mental signs of blocked energy in your third chakra, the navel chakra or manipura, and how you may benefit from aligning it.
What does namaste mean? How is it pronounced? And when should you use it (and not)? Here's everything you need to know about this widely used—but often misunderstood—yoga term.
Channel more confidence, creativity, and joy in your life with a basic understanding of your body's energy centers.
Discover the physical and mental signs of blocked energy in the third eye chakra and how you may benefit from aligning it.
Discover the physical and mental signs of blocked energy in the sacral chakra, svadhistana, and how you may benefit from aligning it.
Discover the physical and mental signs of blocked energy in the fourth chakra—and how to clear it.
Certain mantras offer a direct connection to your chakras in a way that more common practices don’t. Skeptical? Yoga master Alan Finger suggests you try it out for yourself...
One yogi never had enough hours in the day to tend to it all, much less herself. Here’s how this regular Tantric practice inspired a change.
Looking for a head-to-toe re-boot? This practice will balance your chakras and help you feel like a new yogi.
Want to wow every yogi on your list? Here are the best (subtle) energy boosters that promise to bring the seventh chakra back into alignment.
Want to wow every yogi on your list? Here are the best (subtle) energy boosters that promise to bring the sixth chakra back into alignment.
Want to wow every yogi on your list? Here are the best (subtle) energy boosters that promise to bring the fifth chakra back into alignment.
Want to wow every yogi on your list? Here are the best (subtle) energy boosters that promise to bring the fourth chakra back into alignment.
Want to wow every yogi on your list? Here are the best (subtle) energy boosters that promise to bring the third chakra back into alignment.
Want to wow every yogi on your list? Here are the best (subtle) energy boosters that promise to bring the second chakra back into alignment.
Want to wow every yogi on your list? Here are the best (subtle) energy boosters that promise to bring the first chakra back into alignment.
There’s a lot of talk of harmonizing your chakras, but what knocks them off-kilter in the first place? Yoga master Alan Finger says the answer is in the gunas.
Yoga master Alan Finger offers a simple explanation of the seven chakras, along with how one chakra actually regulates the rest.
Draw energy from your root and direct it to the vissudha, so you can communicate with yourself, others, and the universe with more clarity and truth.
Take a closer look at seven subtle-body healing modalities, and how to find one that will help you boost the benefits of your yoga practice.
Learn how crystals can work in tandem with your chakras to bring harmony and higher awareness to your life.
Navigate transitions with more calm, confidence, and joy by tapping the powers of your chakras.
Aromatherapy can play a role in helping to open each energy center of our body. Take this quiz to find out which chakra might be out of alignment and a scent to help restore balance.
Try this short sequence 3–5 times on its own, or as part of a longer practice to ignite the energy in your third chakra.
This guided meditation is designed to help you feel that something has your back, so you can open your heart.
Do this short sequence 3–5 times on its own or as part of a longer practice to open your heart chakra and experience compassion.
Yoga teacher Mary Clare Sweet is paving the path from bridezilla to bride-ZEN-a. Here, she shares the yogic wedding planning method she’s leaning on leading up to her big day.
Connect to higher consciousness and reach your full potential with this heart- and mind-opening asana and pranayama practice.
Ready for an emotional-baggage check? To clear out what no longer serves you and make room for what will? Discover how your chakras can help you unpack it all.
Yoga teacher Giselle Mari shows you how to use your chakras to resolve any negativity or emotional issues holding you back so you become a lighter, brighter version of you.
Take our quiz to discover which of your chakras is out of balance so you can begin to realign your subtle body for vibrancy and overall well-being.
Unleash your creative potential with this hip-opening sequence that will ignite your second chakra.
Want to hone your intuition? We went behind the scenes at YJ LIVE! in NYC to bring you this third-eye-activating practice from master teacher Seane Corn.
When your chakras are balanced, you can experience clarity, access power, and feel more joyful, fearless, and free.
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Many wineries are touting wine and yoga as a perfect pairing. See why you should try this trend out.
YJ LIVE! presenter Rolf Gates walks us through the nuances of designing a 7-part yoga sequence that touches on each of the seven chakras.
Use these heart-opening poses to synchonize your yoga practice with the energy of the special pink full moon and lunar eclipse.
Integrate your entire being from head to toe to experience a vast connection between your innermost self and all things.
Use this practice to open and build awareness in your ajna chakra to begin to see everything in your life more clearly.
A well-tuned asana practice can free up energy and stimulate imbalanced chakras, paving the way for that wonderful internal shift for which yoga is known.
Work with the visuddha chakra to create spaciousness around the throat and neck, through which profound spiritual truths can flow.
Use this sequence of heart openers to tune in to your anahata and inner voice and find the path to your heart’s calling.
Use core work, twists, and pranayama to target this fiery chakra and transform obstacles into assets and fear into freedom.
Use this hip-opening and forward-folding practice for the second chakra to unleash creativity as you cultivate fluidity in your pelvis.
Ready to give your mind, body, and soul a total health overhaul? Tune in to and tune up your subtle body.
Cultivate a sense of earthiness, radiance, and stability through asana, breath, and meditation in the first chakra flow.
Align and connect to your energy centers with this healing practice to get grounded and open up to possibilities.
Looking to boost your confidence? Try this sequence from yoga teacher Claire Missingham to open your hips and balance your lower energy centers.
Chant an activating mantra followed by a calming syllable in each pose to stimulate and balance the chakras.
The chakras greatly influence our potential and experience. Learn to work with them in your yoga practice.
Feeling uninspired? Try these five poses to get the creative juices flowing.
Let music move you through this chakra-focused, confidence-boosting flow.
Balance your chakras with Lis Addison's The Song of the Tree, an album for your energy centers.
Deepen your connection to the Earth by tapping into the elemental energies swirling within each of us and find new ways to care for her.
Learn about the healing power of voice in your throat chakra and different ways to get familiar with your voice.
Tune in to the infinite and tune up your body with this energizing Kundalini sequence for optimum health.
A prescription of asanas to help balance the subtle energies of the chakra system.