In this issue

The Healing power of yoga.

ENERGY REFRESH - 8 poses to revitalize and inspire your day.

WHAT TO EAT BEFORE YOU PRACTICE.

CORE 101 - 12 poses to build strength, stability, and balance.

Find balance - A practice for calm, energy, and focus.

YOGA FOR ALL BODY TYPES!..

Salad Days: This Summer, Liven Up Your Plate

This summer, liven up your plate and your palate with these fresh, delicious, and fabulously filling concoctions from new cookbook Around the World in 120 Salads—a global tour of the planet’s tastiest greens, grains, and proteins.

9 mins

United by Yoga

Next time you take a yoga class, notice who’s in the room. Chances are it’s a pretty homogeneous crowd (read: white and thin with disposable income, mostly female). But the benefits of the practice know no boundaries of race, gender, size, physical ability, or socioeconomic status. Here, the deeply personal stories of four pioneers who, inspired by their own unique experiences with yoga, are changing the face of the practice and uniting us all in the process.

10+ mins

Get to Know Your Glutes

 A strong, supportive bottom is key to a safe, pain-free practice. Here’s what you need to know about the gluteus maximus, medius, and minimus muscles; why our sedentary lifestyles are overstretching them; and how to use your yoga practice to balance your backside. 

6 mins

Meet Your Next Teacher : Shiva Rea

SHIVAREA, THIS MONTH’S FEATURED TEACHER in Yoga Journal’s new online Master Class series, calls herself a movement alchemist. Since earning her master’s degree in world arts and cultures and dance from the University of California, Los Angeles, Rea has spent 25 years honoring and adapting yoga and other ancient movement practices so that her students can experience “a connection to movement meditation in a universal way.” She also developed Prana Flow Vinyasa, which has roots in Krishnamacharya’s yoga system. Here, Rea shares her love of Sun Salutations, a focus of her Master Class with YJ. Read on for her inspiring story and an exclusive practice.

8 mins

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The Premier Platform for Yoga
Founded in 1975, Yoga Journal is the country's premier multiplatform media company dedicated to yoga, publishing the most widely read yoga magazine in the U.S. and abroad. The company holds several sell-out conferences a year, and produces many best-selling yoga books and DVDs.