Sexual Assault in the Ashtanga Yoga Community: A Mea Culpa
A long history of sexual misconduct haunts this popular practice. Here’s how some Ashtangi yogis are moving forward.
Ashtanga Yoga was founded by K. Pattabhi Jois, an Indian yoga guru. This dynamic, physically-demanding practice synchronizes breath with movement to generate internal heat designed to purify the body. It follows a set sequence with many vinyasas to build core strength and tone your muscles. Prepare to sweat.
Learn more about the birthplace of Ashtanga Yoga and Iyengar Yoga.
A long history of sexual misconduct haunts this popular practice. Here’s how some Ashtangi yogis are moving forward.
Sticking to something you set out to do—especially when it challenges your go-to habits—takes discipline. Here are four ways to strengthen your determination by the end of this week.
Find out how YJ's May cover model Erika Halweil tapped the power of tapas and "came home" to Ashtanga Yoga.
"At the end of the day, the technical aspects of Trikonasana are not enough. And you cannot get enlightened doing a fancy pose—no matter how perfect it is. It’s just not gonna happen."
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.
Eddie Modestini, a longtime student of K. Pattabhi Jois, shares 3 key lessons he learned from the founder of Ashtanga Yoga.
Try the Ashtanga sun salutation for a physically demanding practice that involves synchronizing the breath with near-constant movement in a series of postures.
Celebrate summer solstice with three innovative and inspiring Sun Salutation practices.
In honor of National Yoga Month, expand your repertoire with these four types of yoga that can complement your regular practice.
Erica Rodefer Winters demystifies 5 expressions overheard in yoga class.
Pattabhi Jois called family life the Seventh Series of Ashtanga Yoga. Over the holidays, Neal Pollack tackles this most challenging practice of all.
"While a [drop-in] vinyasa class might fit better into my lifestyle, I can’t help but think I’ve been missing out on something important by practicing a newer, less traditional version of yoga," writes Erica Rodefer Winters. How do you balance tradition and innovation in your practice?
Yoga teaches us to practice indifference to those things that bother us, but Neal Pollack is struggling with one nemesis to his peace of mind: leafblowers. What disruptor to your yogic calm would you like to make peace with?
In the real life of a householder, sneaking in 30 or 40 minutes of uninterrupted yoga is about all Neal Pollack can hope for. It may not measure up to his former Ashtanga practice, but it's enough.
Kino McGregor talks to YogaJournal.com about Ashtanga yoga and about her new book.
The society and lifestyle magazine points the spotlight on a brewing controversy within one of yoga's most respected traditions.
For more than 30 years, Tim Miller has been refining his Ashtanga Yoga practice.
Master of Mysore: celebrating the life of Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois, founder of Ashtanga Yoga.
Upon waking for the last day of the conference, we learned that Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, 93, has passed. The official announcement is posted here, and you can find up-to-the-minute memorial posts and reactions from students worldwide here via twitter. What are some of your best...
Ashtanga yoga teacher, Richard Freeman inspires many to take up Ashtanga Yoga through his instructional videos and philosophical books.
Learn more about the lineage of the intensely physical practice of Ashtanga Yoga.
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Tim Miller gives advice for students struggling to master the jump-through in Ashtanga Yoga.
Tim Miller offers advice for learning the chakrasana transition in Ashtanga Yoga
YJ profiles the pranayama practices of six yoga traditions and finds differences ranging from the subtle to the profound.
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Expert Richard Rosen explains the meaning behind the word "Ashtanga."