Foundations

Improve your balance before you even get on the board with pre-paddle postures from Amelia Travis, founder of Stoked Yogi.

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

We're all heard that it's unsafe to practice on day 1 of a mensuration period? We explore if the rumors are true.

Yoga teacher Cyndi Lee offers advice on practicing yoga in front of a mirror.

Crystals offer guidance and signs of possibility. Let these 10 stones open you up to a landscape of creativity and inspiration.

How can a yogi best participate in politics? The spiritual luminary offers up an alternate path to positive politics.

Vinyasa teacher Mary Beth LaRue is one of those instructors you just want to practice with in the hopes that some of her vibrant energy will rub off.

There's so much more to yoga than what happens on the mat. When you need a little push in the right direction or a fresh perspective, the Yoga Sutra is your guidebook living with intention.

The fierce founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga shares her ultimate yoga playlist and what inspired her first album, Salt & Bone.

Yoga teacher Eric Paskel takes us inside San Quentin as part of the Prison Yoga Project, where he helps inmates create a "prison break" without ever leaving the prison.

Yoga teacher Shauna Harrison shows us how TRX can benefit both beginners and more experienced yogis. Learn how to incorporate this it into your routine.

If you can stand on one foot, you CAN do yoga on the water. Get your feet wet with SUP yoga tips and poses from Amelia Travis, founder of Stoked Yogi.

Just as nature enters a cycle of renewal, growth and expansion in spring—so does the energy within us. Embrace the opportunity to shed old unwanted layers and make a conscious choice to begin again.

It takes creativity and fearlessness to adventure into our heart’s deepest desires, and this Kundalini Yoga practice can help you find both.

Since filtering what we share on social media has become the norm, Bad Yogi Erin Motz offered to take us behind the scenes of her Instagram account. Steal her best tips for getting real.

Acro yogi Lizzy Tomber helps students and studios find their unique superpowers. Read all about her.

Yoga Journal readers share photos of their 
standup paddleboard (SUP) 
yoga practice to get you psyched for summer.

This sequence helps to diminish many of the common discomforts and imbalances experienced in the low back, pelvis, and hips during pregnancy.

These six yoga towels are sticky, soft, and stylish, so you can forget about your fears of falling on your face and get back to the present moment.

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.

Backbending while pregnant can bring a range of sensations from most delicious to most painful. These poses will open you up only where you need it most and reduce risk of injury.

When it comes to yoga and meditation in the West, Hindu mythology can often be polarizing among practitioners. But it doesn't have to be.

A droopy butt is a common side effect of pregnancy but you can prevent it—or correct it—by strengthening the right muscles.

Next time you find yourself bogged down with emails and to-dos, take 10 minutes to disconnect from the computer screen and practice this short yoga sequence.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates five poses that will help you discover your imperfections and have fun in the process.

Most women know they should be strengthening their pelvic floors, but what about lengthening? Try this 10-step practice for strong and supple muscles to support childbirth, your vital organs, and even your love life.

Thinking about attending a yoga festival but feeling a bit intimidated by the unknown? Allow us pull back the curtain and give you an inside look. (Warning: Inspiration ahead.)

In this excerpt from her new book, Snatnam Kaur invites you to make mantra a part of your morning ritual. Start here, using her audio recording for guidance.

Tone your body and lift your spirit with these inspiring moves that blend the mindfulness of yoga with upbeat cardio. Use this 15-minute workout to show your mind, body, and soul how you really feel about them.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who leads YJ's online course Pillars of Power Yoga, demonstrates 10 poses that will help you love and accept your body.

Eddie Modestini, a longtime student of K. Pattabhi Jois and B.K.S. Iyengar who leads YJ’s online course, Vinyasa 101: The Fundamentals of Flow, reveals the secret to mastering Bakasana.

You may spend serious time sweating, but it's the space between workouts that counts. Sage Rountree's yoga poses will help you get the most out of your recovery time.

Looking for a new yoga teacher? Eddie Modestini explains the 3 key traits that qualified teachers should have to ensure a fun, safe, and enlightening flow class.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who leads YJ's online course Pillars of Power Yoga, demonstrates 6 common pose mistakes and how to tidy them up for spring.

Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank offers four tricks for fine-tuning your body’s digestive process with yoga.

This practice helps dissolve the urge to react, so you can use your frustrations and irritations as productive learning tools.

Eddie Modestini, who leads YJ’s online course, Vinyasa 101: The Fundamentals of Flow, reveals 5 little-known facts about vinyasa yoga.

Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank offers her favorite bedtime ritual to settle the nervous system in preparation for deep sleep.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who leads YJ's online course Pillars of Power Yoga, demonstrates 9 poses to help you awaken and open to the energy of spring.

Practicing yoga and meditation in water brings us back to basics.

Eddie Modestini, a longtime student of K. Pattabhi Jois and B.K.S. Iyengar, breaks down the three essential segments every vinyasa practice should have.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates an energizing sequence for vitality from Baron Baptiste's book, Journey Into Power.

Tap into the power of these ancient words during your next meditation.

Got two minutes? A short restorative practice can help edit and transform negative inner narratives that reinforce anxiety and depression.

Stimulate chi and restore vitality with a practice focusing on Kidney and Urinary Bladder meridian pair, primary organs that move water through the body.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis created this fun and challenging sequence to boost your core strength and mood as you flip your world upside down.

Feeling small and limited? Gabrielle's three-minute meditation will help you blast through limitations and magnify your energetic vibrations.

Did you hang up your boxing gloves when you found yoga? Now there's no need. BoxingYoga is attracting fans from inside and outside the ring, and it's about to throw a punch in the U.S.

21-year-old author and nonprofit founder Emily-Anne Rigal says she knows what it is to bully, be bullied, and to overcome both by looking within.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates an advanced core-strengthening and spirit-lifting sequence with Leap Frog hops.

Early ballots for the 2016 Grammy Awards included nearly two dozen albums inspired by bhakti yoga. We listened to them all to choose our favorite yoga music for the year. Practice to the playlist.

Like it or not, you can't avoid people or parts of yourself that seriously frustrate you. The key to peace? Feeling even more connected to them through this meditation.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis offers a "Twist and Flow" sequence, which will fire up your core and unlock your inner power.

We spend hours in front of our computers and phones, and the repetitive movement patterns can cause neck and shoulder strain. This sequence will help.

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

Alexandria Crow learned the hard way about yoga injuries. Now, she focuses on therapeutic yoga to heal and transform her body.

Sara Gottfried, MD, author of The Hormone Reset Diet, explains yoga's effects on our stress response.

Why might yogis get sick less often? All that practice is increasing immune-boosting antioxidant levels.

Harness the transformative power of language to design your own personal mantra and makeover your internal dialogue for authentic empowerment.

Chronic stress 
and anxiety 
signal the brain to wreak havoc on your body. The secret to hitting reset? Yoga.

With a growing body of research proving yoga’s healing benefits, it’s no wonder more Western doctors are prescribing this ancient practice. Learn what's behind the trend.

To celebrate #HeartMonth, dedicated to raising awareness of cardiovascular health, this energizing sequence will get your heart pumping as it opens your body, strengthens your core, and clears your mind.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates 10 poses that tone and strengthen your arms without adding bulk.

Find ways to weave yoga philosophy into your asana sequence without alienating or overwhelming your students.

These vital muscles help stabilize your entire body.

Leah Cullis offers 10 poses that tone your abs and strengthen your core, helping you tap into your personal power on and off the mat.

Try this energetic four-pose sequence three times on each side to warm up and protect your hips before you head to the barre.

Grace Flowers was 20 weeks pregnant during the photoshoot. Carin Gorrell took the opportunity to gather pregnancy, practice, and life wisdom from Grace.

Enhance your yoga practice with the latest in high-performance fabrics. They’re moisture wicking, odor quashing, and super breathable.

Forget typical self-improvement resolutions—they simply don’t last. What does? Harnessing one of yoga’s profound formulas for setting the right intention and achieving your heart’s desire.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who will lead Yoga Journal's upcoming online course Pillars of Power Yoga presents 8 poses to help you set your focus for the year ahead.

Nicki Doane, co-owner and director of Maya Yoga Studio in Maui, share a teaching from the fourth pada of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra.

Nicki Doane, co-owner and director of Maya Yoga Studio in Maui, shares tips for achieving (and transcending) the superpowers of yoga.

This week YJ LIVE! presenter Nicki Doane shares with us teachings from the Yoga Sutra of Pantanjali on the how of yoga.

This Kundalini Yoga sequence supports ideal digestion by increasing energy at the navel point and keeping the digestive organs strong and flexible.

Leah Cullis, who will lead Yoga Journal's upcoming online course Pillars of Power Yoga, says if you're not practicing Baptiste Yoga, you should be.

Kathryn Budig shares five ideas for staying connected during the holiday season.