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CNN has done an interesting piece on how yoga is helping inmates in a Mexico City prison. To watch the video, click here. One inmate says he is learning things, like yoga, that he would never have learned on the...

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Learn to love splits in this flowing Jivamukti sequence with an uplifting beat.

Hip-hop yogi and Spiritual Gangster founder Ian Lopatin talks about Bikram, the beat, and making yoga more American.

Recognize when criticism turns into envy and use the yoga sutras and your yoga practice to figure out how to handle it.

Yogic breathwork can transform your performance and the experience of your favorite sport.

If you are interested in infusing your asana practice with a sense of devotion, consider introducing a few simple rituals.

See the Divine in everything, when you practice bhakti, the yoga of devotion.

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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.

As a yogi should you be speaking the truth? Sally Kempton talks about finding your real truth and how to tell it like it is.

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True transformation is a radical process. Here's how to navigate the shift gracefully.

The perfect microcosm of yoga, Downward-Facing Dog Pose can change your entire practice—maybe even life.

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Sharon Gannon and David Life guide this hour-long practice with chanting, fast-paced asana, meditation, and more.

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Relationships and love can be difficult and painful. Here's a yogi's guide to dealing with the ups and downs of  love in a healthy way.

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Yoga deepens our understanding of the links between our states of mind and our bodies, and vice versa.

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Tune in to your body, connect with community, and embrace the birth.

Yogini Djoeke Van Der Werf led Beirut's first Iyengar Yoga workshop at Mont La Saade in Ain Saade on Saturday, reports The Daily Star. "For the yoga community of Lebanon this is a premier event," said Lina Shuman, the workshop's...

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Indians have not embraced yoga, relying instead on medicine for various illnesses, B K S Iyengar told Press Trust of India (PTI). "In India, there are more people who are drug addicts, I mean those addicted to medicines. Everybody wants...

Help your third-trimester students use yoga to ease physical discomfort and prepare for labor.

Iyengar Yoga may help improve stability in aging people.

Help your students get the most out of their practice during these middle months.

If you teach yoga regularly, you will have a pregnant student in your class at some point. Learn what to do to encourage a healthy first trimester.

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To experience a profound opening of the heart, imagine yourself near life's end.

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Playing with dance, acrobatics, and more, innovative yogis build trust and create connections.

When it comes to music, students of Kundalini instructor Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa never know what to expect.

Prana Flow Yoga creator Shiva Rea turns up the music to offer inspiration and rhythm to yogis moving through the 108 rounds of Sun Salutations she leads as part of her ongoing Global Mala Project.

Some of Mohandas Gandhi's ashes will be scattered in the Arabian Sea on January 30, the 60th anniversary of his death, reports the Associate Press. "A small steel urn of Gandhi's ashes — one of dozens dispersed across the country...

If so, check out the new podcast Buddhist Geeks (www.fallingfruit.tv/buddhistgeeks/), a weekly web radio show intent on introducing spirituality to a younger audience via interviews with Buddhist teachers and scholars. Based in Boulder, Colorado, the show is hosted by 24-year-old...

Q: I am very fond of chanting—my students do not all have the same reaction.

Whether you're just starting to study Buddhism or you're already on the path, "Ask a Monk, " an online information and advice service, can be an invaluable resource, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Ven. Shih Ying-Fa, the abbot of CloudWater...

Lois Steinberg, Ph.D., details the practices taught to her by Geeta S. Iyengar for all phases of the menstrual cycle.

Yoga is full of big-name personalities, and few are bigger or louder than Bikram Choudhury. His new book is no different.

Three Kundalini meditation teachers share techniques for tapping into the flow of energy within you—and moving toward spiritual awakening.

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Shiva Rea offers tips from yoga and Ayurveda for calming nervous energy and anxiety.

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Sadness can be a powerful doorway into the heart. The next time you feel loss or sorrow, try this practice for transforming sadness.

T.K.V. Desikachar cites these five categories to understand the mind.

Battling depression can feel like a fight for your life. Yoga can help you stop struggling.

Learn to transform unhealthy desires.

Find out what happened when three everyday people turned to yoga to change their lives.

Tracey Rich explains how to best use your evening yoga practice to slow down, focus inward, and transition from day to night.

Yoga doesn’t have to be so serious. Lighten up and have fun with these 6 Laughter Yoga exercises.

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Saul David Raye's true calling? To be a father, healer, and yoga teacher—in that order.

You've tried everything and still aren't where you want to be. So stop struggling and let life move through you with spiritual surrender.

Learn about the healing power of voice in your throat chakra and different ways to get familiar with your voice.

As more yoga teachers incorporate music into their classes, practitioners debate the merits. Is it a distraction or an enhancement?

Grace aside, most of us cannot leapfrog from injury to forgiveness with ease. A process is necessary, and it begins by turning toward your own hurt.

When you forgive a long-held grievance, you open the door to true freedom.

By letting go of control, you allow yourself to enter new realms of freedom.

Find out why traditionally dawn and twilight are the most powerful times for asana practice.

What do cows have to do with yoga philosophy?

Sometimes you have to find yourself in order to find your soul mate.

Find out how you could be facing fear to create the foundation for true spiritual awakening.

It's easy to get mired in sadness. But it's also possible to let sorrow move through you and open you to the light within your heart.

The yoga tradition often compares the human body to a field. Find out why.

Learn why this ancient Indian text has had such a powerful and lasting influence on Western writers, thinkers, and yogis.

Vishnu lives in luxury, but the Hindu god abandons his opulent ways to save the world from evil.

If you hope to find lasting happiness, you must first answer the question, what is your priority—your inner or your outer life?

One of the ways San Francisco vinyasa teacher Janet Stone has created a fun, joyful environment for her vigorous flow classes is through a playful mix of songs that aim to lull yogis into a more balanced place.

When was the last time you wore a pair of jeans to yoga class? I'm guessing never. Montreal's Second Denim (secondclothing.com) would like to change that. The company's Yoga Jeans ($120), designed to stretch as you move into Downward-Facing Dog...

A Mommy and Me yoga class has been banned from two church halls in England. Louise Woodcock, who was looking for a new home for her Yum Yum Yoga class, was turned away by vicars who described yoga as a...

Bow Pose works against hunched shoulders by opening them from the front and strengthening them from the back.

Her name is Gurmukh, she wears a turban, and she carries a gong, but this Kundalini teacher isn't the ascetic you'd expect.