Philosophy

Understanding the concept of swadharma helps you follow your own path.

Here are three ways to practice Tapas in a balanced way—without burning out.

Yoga nidra helps prepare my body to claim the relaxation it so deserves.

Our physical, emotional, and behavioral tendencies—both good and bad—aren't ours alone. They're often passed down from generation to generation.

YJ Senior Editor Tamara Jeffries set out to answer some perennial questions about whether yoga is secular or spiritual. What she discovered: It’s both. And more.

Here's how to own up to your humanness when you make a mistake before the lesson is repeated.

Pratipakṣa-bhāvanam encourages us to look at the bright side. But "good vibes only" overlooks the lessons learned in adversity.

Go deeper into Savasana by learning more about its Sanskrit meaning.

In my practice, individual liberation is intimately connected to collective liberation. Learning from Indigenous people is a vital aspect of this liberation.

With the arrival of fall also comes vata season, which can bring physical and emotional disruptions no matter your constitution. Here's how to find relief.

Explore the final three limbs of yoga to reclaim the true essence of the practice—enlightenment.

When she embraced yoga's ethical limbs, Susanna Barkataki's life changed in surprising ways—and for the better.

For a long time, I thought my anxiety defined me. Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra helped me finally recognize that I am not my anxiety.

The concept of oneness is a fundamental teaching of the Bhagavad Gita. But ignoring our differences is unethical—and harmful.

Tyagaraja is a little posh, a little blingy, and all about community.

Protecting myself against COVID-19 was my way of showing love for the people in my community.

Rajas, one of the three gunas, can show up as energy and motion—or anger and worry. Here's how to keep this natural quality balanced.