Health
Yoga Journal
Take Om Home
Pristine beaches and the healing spirit of the Maya have lured yogis to Tulum, Mexico, for decades. Our favorite retreat? Sanará, with its low-key yet modern architecture; rooms that feel like refuges; and a sun-soaked, waterfront yoga studio. Experience some of Sanará’s offerings at home with these self-care tips for relaxing and resetting.
1 min |
October 2017
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Meet Your Next Teacher Colleen Saidman Yee
Meet Your Next Teacher Colleen Saidman Yee
6 min |
October 2017
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Embodying The Sutra
As interpreted by Amy Ippoliti.
1 min |
October 2017
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Delish Dips
Assemble an appetizer platter with creative dips and crudités that go way beyond ranch and carrot sticks.
2 min |
October 2017
Yoga Journal
The New Energy Crisis
You may have heard people blame their crushing exhaustion, brain fog, and moodiness on burnout or adrenal fatigue. But experts say those usually aren’t accurate diagnoses. Here, a new term for what ails us, along with new thinking on exactly how chronic stress is affecting our health—and why yoga can help.
10+ min |
September 2018
Yoga Journal
This Is My Practice
Celebrated yoga photographer Robert Sturman shares his thoughts on the power of an image, meditative living, and fi nding peaceful moments in the day.
2 min |
November 2018
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Tips To Align Your Feet and Knees
Are common cues in standing poses wreaking havoc on your knees, sacroiliac joint, and lower back?
5 min |
November 2018
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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 min |
January - February 2019
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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 min |
January - February 2019
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Yogi In The House
Maty Ezraty was just 23 years old when she opened the original YogaWorks in Santa Monica, California.
8 min |
January - February 2019
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Yoga Transfor Med Me
We asked readers to share stories of how yoga has impacted their lives. The response was overwhelming, to say the least. From helping to ease depression and suicidal thoughts to ameliorating physical pain, yoga has, without a doubt, the power to change lives. Here, five standout stories of recovery and renewel.
10+ min |
July - August 2019
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Lemon Muffins Never Tasted So Good!
Need some inspiration for your holiday spread? Bake a batch of these delicious highprotein muffins from yoga teacher and professional rock climber Olivia Hsu.
1 min |
December 2018
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Inside the Meditation Technique Some Call A “Brain Orgasm”
ASMR meditation has developed a serious following. Here’s what happened when senior editor Lindsay Tucker tried it for a week.
5 min |
March 2019
Yoga Journal
To Go Or Not To Go
Yoga and Buddhism teacher Jacoby Ballard shares thoughts on travel and how the compassion and generosity that a yoga practice fosters can help create peace, regardless of where you roll out your mat. You don’t have to go far to feel connected to the world.
3 min |
May - June 2019
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Oprah Winfrey On Discovering Your Purpose & Courage
Oprah Winfrey believes that living for yourself is honorable not selfish. In her new book, The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose, she shares what she’s learned about setting meaningful intentions, finding your flow, and embodying your most authentic self.
2 min |
May - June 2019
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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 min |
January - February 2019
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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 min |
January - February 2019
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Navigate Change With Grace
These seven core yogic teachings can support you through radical life shifts and times of uncertainty.
10+ min |
May 2018
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The Art Of Discipline
Finding Ashtanga Yoga helped teacher Erika Halweil tap the power of tapas and a daily practice.
4 min |
May 2018
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Can You Safely Jump Back To Plank?
Here’s what science tells us.
6 min |
May 2018
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Kristin Laak
This humble teacher is reinvigorating yoga’s spiritual side.
2 min |
July/August 2016
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Dawn Harper-Nelson
Two-time Olympic medalist in hurdling, who’s going for her third medal this August in Brazil.
2 min |
July/August 2016
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Gretchen Rubin
New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project and mom of two daughters in New York City Interview.
2 min |
September 2016
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Pilgrimage to India
How a trek to holy Gomukh, the source of the mystical waters of the Ganges, deepened one writer’s understanding of yoga’s teachings.
9 min |
March 2017
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Body of knowledge
How can I prevent low-back pain in twists?
5 min |
March 2017
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Cheat, Drink, & Still Shrink
Break through your weight loss plateau
3 min |
April/May 2017
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Discover Your True Potential
In his new book, You Are the Universe, best-selling author and integrative-medicine expert Deepak Chopra, MD, explains that the universe is participatory and that all of us are creators of our reality. Here, Chopra explores how yoga can help us understand our role as co-creators— and how liberating that knowledge can be.
5 min |
April/May 2017
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Meet Your Next Teacher - Baron Baptiste
Meet Your Next Teacher - Baron Baptiste
3 min |
February 2018
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How Fascia Shapes Us
Deepening your anatomical perspective refines your kinesthetic sense by helping you feel into your entire body—which is greater than the sum of its anatomical parts. The connective-tissue net, known popularly as fascia, weaves those parts into one integrated whole.
5 min |
February 2018
Yoga Journal
Sian Gordon
YJ’s cover model and owner of Love Yoga studios in the LA area talks about growing up at Yoga Zone, values, and Katonah.
3 min |