In this issue

Map My Sequence SmartFLOW creator Annie Carpenter
off ers insight into how she sequenced this core-strengthening asana practice, Anatomy Judith Hanson Lasater, a YJ founding editor, explains how your relationship to gravity can change a pose...

Hear Me Roar

In her new book, How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship, Eva Hagberg Fisher chronicles how, after five surgeries and a lifelong battle with her health, she unexpectedly found strength and healing through yoga, friendship, and physical and emotional support.

5 mins

Space To Breathe

Celebrating five years of service, the nonprofit Exhale to Inhale brings free, trauma-informed yoga classes to rape crisis centers and domestic violence shelters in New York and California.

2 mins

Learn From Teacher Annie Carpenter

Wish you could jump inside the mind of a master teacher as she designs a sequence? Here, this teacher’s teacher gives us a look at how she created a SmartFLOW sequence to help you keep your hips free and your spine healthy—both on and off the mat.

4 mins

Dancing with Gravity in Asana

An increased awareness of the effects of gravity can help you figure out which muscles to use and which to release in order to move more deeply and more safely into a pose.

5 mins

Yogi In The House

Maty Ezraty was just 23 years old when she opened the original YogaWorks in Santa Monica, California.

8 mins

From Student To Teacher

Elena Brower and Amy Ippoliti first met when they were young yoga students studying to become teachers themselves. Now, they’re leading and mentoring the next generation of students and teachers. We caught up with the yoginis as they sat in Brower’s New York City living room to talk about lineage, mentorship, and what they agree is the key to strong leadership: studentship.

5 mins

4 Women's Empowerment Yoga And Leadership Retreat

There’s something magical about getting away and unwinding. Whether you take a 24-hour flight to an exotic locale or opt for a staycation at your city’s hippest new hotel, nothing beats feeling refreshed and clear-minded after a few days of R&R. These days, retreats that combine that repose with tailored leadership trainings are helping to boost performance and personal growth at top companies like Fortune and Apple. But you don’t need to work for a huge corporation to brush up on your leadership skills in a fabulous setting. These four retreats prove that with a little yoga, mindfulness, and some specialized training—getting away can help you embody the leader within—at home and at work.

6 mins

Burning Down The House

Jessamyn Stanley is so over white-centric, consumer-driven yoga teacher. Armed with a highly articulate voice, a powerful social platform, and a whole lot of attitude, this yoga teacher and New Age thought leader has declared to the world that anybody can practice yoga. And she’s not afraid to show us how it’s done.

6 mins

Find Your Voice

Move beyond body positivity and focus on finding your true self. This sequence, designed as a vehicle to help you turn your gaze inward and identify the instrument of authenticity inside you, will leave a lasting impression.

6 mins

Words Of Wisdom

As teachers, what you say can inspire some serious self-reflection, and as students, we all love hearing something that helps us shift our perspective. Here, 10 life-changing things one yogi heard on her mat. May they be of service.

4 mins

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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.