Whether you’re looking for a healing session, a sweaty workout, or a way to rest and restore your body, there are many types of yoga to suit your needs and interests. Here, we cover the different types of yoga: what they are, where they come from, and how to incorporate them into your wellness routine.
Whether you’re looking for a healing session, a sweaty workout, or a way to rest and restore your body, there are many types of yoga to suit your needs and interests. Here, we cover the different types of yoga: what they are, where they come from, and how to incorporate them into your wellness routine.
Yogis are often asked "Is yoga cardio?" While it may not seem to be the case, all practices aren't created equal, and some strategic sequencing can help you get a cardiovascular workout from your practice.
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Connect with the warmth of the sun as you nourish your body and spirit with this revitalizing sequence.
Prepare for surgery with mind-body techniques that may help you recover faster.
Baxter Bell offers a yogic prescription for sufferers of the autoimmune disease lupus.
AcroYogis play with communication, connection, and trust to get their practice off the ground.
The society and lifestyle magazine points the spotlight on a brewing controversy within one of yoga's most respected traditions.
"Vinyasa" doesn't translate as fast and furious. See how it can help you move with skill into a seated pose.
A proven antidote to anxiety, yoga nidra has been adopted by veterans, recovering addicts, and average stressed-out people.
Bikram Choudhury sues donation-based New York yoga studio chain for copyright infringement. Do you think he has a case?
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Find the benefits of approaching your yoga practice and life, with a sense of play through AcroYoga.
Alignment is essential for the health of the knees. Unfortunately, practicing Triangle Pose too often without its counterpose can create an imbalance in the joint. Lean how to stay safe.
Use restorative yoga to combat seasonal affective disorder, a form of winter depression triggered by a lack of sunlight.
Kelly McGonigal, PhD, a yoga teacher and health psychologist at Stanford University, shares tips for dealing with chronic pain through yoga and meditation.
You’re not alone if slowing down leads to stressing out. Here’s what you need to know.
Mental yoga reveals the mind's nature and its filters and is an important part of physical yoga practice.
For more than 30 years, Tim Miller has been refining his Ashtanga Yoga practice.
Having studied many forms of yoga–Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Viniyoga–and popularized Yin Yoga, Sarah Powers has created a custom practice that she calls Insight Yoga.
Master of Mysore: celebrating the life of Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois, founder of Ashtanga Yoga.
Yoga helps HIV patients strengthen their immune systems and their spirits.
Stick with challenging poses to build your muscles and your confidence.
Bikram Choudhury discusses his famous copyrighted sequence, his spending and his goals for the future.
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...
There are many ways to cultivate quiet strength in Virabhadrasana I. Here, teachers of five yoga styles reveal the nuances of Warrior Pose I.
Align body, mind, and spirit with nature by practicing this seasonal sequence.
Try this simple Kundalini practice to maintain focus and improve memory.
Bring your Yin Yoga practice to a deeper level by keeping these intentions in mind.
Get your prana moving with this playful morning vinyasa sequence.
In our speed-driven world, yoga is often fast-paced. Yin Yoga offers an opportunity to slow down and come back into balance.
Yoga deepens our understanding of the links between our states of mind and our bodies, and vice versa.
Tune in to your body, connect with community, and embrace the birth.
Help your third-trimester students use yoga to ease physical discomfort and prepare for labor.
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.
Lois Steinberg, Ph.D., details the practices taught to her by Geeta S. Iyengar for all phases of the menstrual cycle.
Three Kundalini meditation teachers share techniques for tapping into the flow of energy within you—and moving toward spiritual awakening.
Find out what happened when three everyday people turned to yoga to change their lives.
Yoga doesn’t have to be so serious. Lighten up and have fun with these 6 Laughter Yoga exercises.
Her name is Gurmukh, she wears a turban, and she carries a gong, but this Kundalini teacher isn't the ascetic you'd expect.
Tune in to the infinite and tune up your body with this energizing Kundalini sequence for optimum health.
More and more Westerners are embracing Tantra as a means for transforming day-to-day experiences into a cause for blissful celebration. Can it change your life?
Learn about this ancient guide to spiritual enlightenment.
This mantra meditation from the Kundalini tradition encourages a renewed sense of peace and balance.
Use these breathing techniques to induce relaxation during your restorative yoga and meditation practice.
Learn more about the lineage of the intensely physical practice of Ashtanga Yoga.
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Sat Kriya is one of the most basic and powerful exercises of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.
Twists can be heaven for a bad back—if you don't push too hard. Learn how to do these 9 stretches for the spine to ease pain in your back.
Sat Kriya is one of the most basic and powerful exercises of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.
The use of props in Iyengar Yoga has been one of the fruits of Mr. Iyengar's innovative genius—and also the object of jokes.
At the 2005 YJ Estes Park Conference, Sri BKS Iyengar encouraged students to keep striving—but to also realize that what we're searching for is already inside us.
Yoga therapy utilizes poses, breathing techniques, and meditation to benefit and improve overall health.
In Light on Life, B.K.S. Iyengar reveals the "heart of yoga" that he personally discovered through more than 70 years of disciplined, daily practice.
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Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa offers advice for practicing yoga during pregnancy.
So what does an ancient parable about snakes and lazy husbands have to do with your yoga practice?
Baron Baptiste details the components of a basic power yoga sequence.
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Differentiate these tissues by understanding the Taoist yin and yang so you can help your students open their bodies appropriately.
Use this primer to a key concept in Taoist philosophy to grasp how yoga affects the crucial tissues of the body, including muscles, bones, and connective tissue.
Learn when yoga therapy might be more appropriate than traditional yoga and how to get started.
You don’t have to choose sides.
To harness the energy of the mind, you must learn to see beyond the content of your thoughts to their very substance.
If your curved back has you twisted, here are some asanas that will help realign your spine.
Don't let the props stop you. Restorative yoga poses revive like nothing else.
Learning how to relax takes time. Fortunately, you can practice on your mat and use these tips anytime.
Find the best prenatal yoga poses for all stages of your pregnancy.
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Tim Miller gives advice for students struggling to master the jump-through in Ashtanga Yoga.
Prenatal Yoga doesn't seem right for you? Tim Miller gives advice for modifying a more advanced practice for pregnancy.
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.
Baron Baptiste shares how he became a yoga teacher and his philosophy on teaching.
Which poses should you practice to reverse the effects of chronic stress? Our expert Roger Cole recommends a regular restorative sequence.
Every meditator knows the pain of stiff knees and an aching back. By stretching the connective tissue, Yin Yoga conditions you to sit longer—and more comfortably.
Iyengar's first new asana book in 35 years, Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health, is a beautiful addition to yoga literature.