History of Yoga

You'll be hooked on Gaia’s new 13-episode docuseries, Yogic Paths.

Forget everything you thought you knew about yoga history. Writer Matthew Remski reviews the new book Roots of Yoga and (spoiler alert) shares 10 of its biggest surprises.

As we mourn the death of another one of modern yoga’s founding fathers, we’d like to take the opportunity to share and remember him by at least a few of his many wise words.

Learn how George Harrison brought bhakti yoga to the West with the now ubiquitous Hare Krishna mantra.

These 10 influential teachers have dedicated their lives to spreading the practices of yoga and have impacted millions of new yogis around the globe.

Yoga is so much more than asana. The sutras show us how to be our true selves and appreciate every moment—even when life gets crazy.

The yoga we practice today wouldn’t exist without 
these 14 pioneers, whose work first made yoga 
accessible to 20th-century Americans.

Take a look through 40 years of American yoga and how the practice has transformed our culture.

Come celebrate yoga and the history of YJ with us this summer. We're kicking off a 40-day countdown to our big anniversary with the best of our archives and so much more.

The name Bobbe Norrise might not ring a bell, but to the yogis of Oakland, CA, she’s been a cornerstone of the community for four decades. And today, we celebrate her.

Practicing the principle of non-harming can trigger dissonance in omnivores. Here, thoughts on reconciling your diet with your practice.

Learn his story and see the unconventional biopic, which is, as yoga documentaries go, gripping, inspiring, dare we say, epic, even.

A tribute to the life of one of modern yoga's most prolific luminaries and teachers. (December 14,1918 - August 20, 2014)

What we know about Patanjali, the sage who wrote the Yoga Sutras.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

A new book out this week, explores North American yoga and its connection to increasingly relevant issues plaguing the yoga community.

The Take Back Yoga campaign argues that the practice's Hindu roots have been intentionally ignored in the West.

A new book reveals that yoga philosophy, like that found in the Bhagavad Gita, was used as justification for violence by members of the S.S.