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California court ruling is big news. Charles Barkley shows off his vinyasa. And yoga for bigger bodies garners attention. Here, our YJ's picks for top-trending stories.

Discover your inner deity as you deepen your physical, mental, and spiritual practice with knowledge of mythic feminine power with master yoga teacher Sianna Sherman.

Prana Vinyasa founder Shiva Rea has an Earth Day eco-challenge for you: 10 body mudras and eco-actions to help you connect to the Earth.

Use these heart-opening poses to synchonize your yoga practice with the energy of the special pink full moon and lunar eclipse.

Your wrists bear weight in so many yoga poses—not to mention every time you do a vinyasa. These 8 poses can help you keep your wrists pain-free.

Here, insights and 
evidence from academics, yogis, and other experts in the fields of 
conscious living, social criticism, and neurology for the answer.

For a long time, just being involved in yoga made 
you a rebel. Now, these teachers are challenging the norms and changing the practice.

Wireless headphones meet asana. And it’s more than the next fad—it’s a pretty smart fix for a variety of teaching challenges.

A yoga and Buddhism teacher reveals ways to transform your personal struggles into an opportunity for healing others.

Want to mix up your yoga practice? Try this Iyengar yoga class that focuses on correct alignment through ropes and anchors.

In honor of Brain Injury Awareness month, former pro snowboarder Kevin Pearce talks about how key the practice is to his ongoing brain injury recovery.

Why try Acro? In short: Fun. This hybrid style mixes acrobatics and healing arts like Thai massage with a practice that helps connect you with others.

During this 10-minute guided meditation, you’ll practice a visualization exercise designed to help you develop care and compassion for yourself.

Have an anxious or traumatized pet? Some say chanting yogic mantras helps dogs and cats feel safe and soothes their frazzled nerves.

Positive emotions can alter your inner chemistry from stress-fueled adrenaline and cortisol to oxytocin and other healing neurochemicals.

Although standing orients your spine into proper posture, standing for too long can cause back pain. Incorporating a yoga routine can help relieve pain.

Does Downward-Facing Dog lead you straight to the devil? It can, according to a priest in Northern Ireland. Here's why that's ridiculous.

No energy to set up for restorative yoga? Plug yourself into a wall and reboot with Kathryn Budig's simple poses.

Consciousness is tied to life force (prana). Both are tied to motion and stillness. Linking the breath with movement creates a healing meditation in motion.

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.

Feel antsy every time you chant Om? Learn from writer Yelena Moroz Alpert's experience with this how-to guide and demo video.

Bringing her Hispanic roots, love of ancient yogic texts, and passion for creative movement, this Miami native has rocked the yoga world.

It’s not likely to get an infection from a yoga mat, but that doesn’t mean those studio mats are clean.

This five-part series explores the insight "American Sniper" offers into the yoga of war, the mind of a veteran, and the practices crucial to finding the next mission.

Writer Heidi Hillman suspects her daughter is a Zen master in disguise. Could the key to the practice of parenting be maintaining a curious, student's mind?

If your knees don’t touch the ground, your hips are not ready for lotus pose. Learn how to protect your ankles and prep for the pose.

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.

Get a sneak peek at the YJ LIVE! SF through these words of wisdom from some of the presenters.

Use this sequence of heart openers to tune in to your anahata and inner voice and find the path to your heart’s calling.

Cooped up inside waiting out winter's deep freeze? This practice would be a wise use of your time.

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.

Devoted to lifting or CrossFit? Try Sage Rountree's sequence to counter the front-body tightness that can come with them.

You have the willpower and strength to kick bad habits for good. These 13 Kundalini poses will help you find them.

You have the willpower and strength to kick bad habits for good. Find them with Kundalini Yoga.

Seane Corn interviews this yoga service leader for the scoop on her journey to a career in somatic therapy and healing yoga.

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.

It can be daunting to sift through the many YTTs offered. Before you sign up, spend some time contemplating your options.

Learn whether you are Vata-, Pitta-, or Kapha-dominant and how to stay in balance through seasonal changes for lasting health and peace of mind.

Coral Brown explores what it means to live in alignment with our faith and purpose and offers a practice for getting started.

Use this practice from Coral Brown to illuminate your faith, your purpose, and enhance your overall well-being.

Try these 10 yoga video to strengthen and improve your practice and set the foundation for challenge poses.

Alexandria Crow explores the practical and philosophical reasons for teaching the nitty-gritty.

Meditation tips, techniques and practices for the beginner—everything you need to know about meditation to get you started.

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.

Our expert weighs in on observing your feelings and letting them go—even when your practice or class gets irritating.

This ingeniousness from the Iyengar lineage is one of the best ways to support your spine while opening up the pecs and shoulders.

Teacher Liz Lindh created this sequence to boost energy, promote mental clarity, and rid the body of toxins after overeating.

It changed my life.

It’s easy to forget what the holidays are about. Yoga can help you remember.

Our expert weighs in on whether it's safe to head from an 108-degree class into chilly winter temperatures.

Get in on yoga for a good cause. Kate Holcombe teaches weekly classes for homeless parents and children in San Francisco. Here's how you can get involved.

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.

If you have some pillows and blankets, you have everything you need to settle into these sigh-inducing, stress-reducing postures.

A restorative yoga practice can help you rest, reflect, and refresh this holiday season. Here's how.

You can still thrive during difficult times.

Our expert weighs in on the graceful way to tell your teacher you just don't like adjustments.

After nursing an injury, Kathryn shows her shoulders some love. And how better than with a hug? Try her creative challenge pose.

Yoga is first and foremost a peaceful practice, so for soldiers who return home suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or both, it can be the perfect antidote to the atrocities of war.

This sequence is built to open your hips enough to work toward Foot-Behind-the-Head-Pose (Eka Pada Sirsasana).

Teacher Alexandria Crow explains why yoga’s biggest benefits have nothing to do with mastering advanced asanas and everything to do with mastering the mind.

Get Drez's advice for putting together the perfect practice soundtrack and flow to his sample Spotify playlist today!

Yogis always find a way to extend the month’s gratefulness beyond the edges of our stuffed plates and back onto our mats.

Try these three simple steps every day to ease stress, stop negative thoughts, and feel better.

Iyengar teacher Joan White reflects on her time studying with the late B.K.S. Iyengar.

Yoga teacher John Schumacher reflects on B.K.S. Iyengar’s life, his influence on modern yoga, and the legacy he has left behind.

Judith Hanson Lasater shares the most profound lessons she learned from studying with the late BKS Iyengar.

New York Times best-selling author and neurobiologist Dr. Dan Siegel talks about his new book, mindfulness, and what compassion really means.

Environmental activist and author Joanna Macy gets into what compassion really means—and how to apply it in daily life.

The word for intention, according to yogic philosophy, is sankalpa. This word can be translated as a vow that has been birthed in the very core of your heart -- the place of your deepest truth.

According to regulations of a new tax law in Washington, D.C., the yoga studio is pretty much like any other gym.

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

Yoga teacher Natasha Rizopoulos shares her instructions to achieve this foundational pose. Plus, reap the benefits and avoid these mistakes.

As the courts debate yoga in schools, Deepak Chopra, Cyndi Lee, and more weigh in on this ongoing dispute.