Yoga Journal

How will you celebrate the summer solstice on June 20 (just a day before International Yoga Day)? If you’re seeking inspiration, Yoga Journal Master Class teacher Shiva Rea offers the practice below as a way to meditate on the life-giving energy of t

Looking to refresh your mindfulness practice? Step outside: The flowers blooming all around you can actually be powerful meditation tools. Picking blooms and arranging a bouquet, when done mindfully, becomes a fragrant and calming moving meditation—o

IN AN IDEAL WORLD, you’d pick up a piece of fresh fruit or chop up some veggies for your post-practice nibble. In the real world, there’s often just enough time to unwrap and inhale whatever packaged morsel has been sitting in your yoga bag or office

“The answer depends on your diet,” says holistic pharmacist Sherry Torkos. “If you don’t get five servings of fruits and veggies each day and you tend to eat on the go (home-cooked meals typically contain more nutrients), a multi will help cover your

Jennifer Brown starts each morning by downing a 16-ounce glass of water mixed with a squeeze of lemon. Although this morning ritual is an Ayurvedic practice that promises to rev the digestion system, Brown says it’s also hydration insurance—something

Mark your calendars now for August 21, the day the first total solar eclipse will grace North America in more than 25 years, and a powerful day for yoga. A few moments of complete darkness during the day reminds us of our place in the cosmos—that we’

setu = bridge · bandha = building or lock · sarva = all · anga = limbs · asana = pose Bridge Pose Benefits: Opens your shoulders and chest; strengthens your back, glutes, and hamstrings; stretches your hip flexors and thighs; increases flexibility of

YOUR ANKLES ARE the great negotiator between the ground and the rest of your body: The more than twodozen bones that comprise your ankle and foot, and the three joints of your ankle, play a constant sensing game to determine what type of terrain you’

You probably hear these words all the time, yet it can be tough to differentiate them from one another. Annie Carpenter, a senior yoga teacher and creator of SmartFLOW yoga, has a trick for remembering which is which: “When I hear adduction, I think

Considering most of our lives are spent with our heads held high, legs below, reversing this arrangement feels like a refreshing change of pace. Plus, it’s got lots of benefits. For starters, inversions build upper-body strength, balance, and confide

“ALL LIFE IS YOGA,” SAYS AADIL PALKHIVALA, quoting one of his teachers, the Indian spiritual master Sri Aurobindo. It’s an apt tagline for someone who credits his birth to the practice. (Palkhivala’s mother struggled to get pregnant. But after she an

ONE OF THE FOUR PILLARS, or petals, in Purna Yoga is safety and alignment- based asana. This first step, learning the poses, is a way to train your body and mind for what’s to come as you move deeper into yoga: a life full of sincerity, humility, dis

1. Make food scraps the star Rather than tossing the parts of produce you don’t usually eat, put them to use in your favorite seasonal recipes, says Tiffany Swan, the executive chef at Squaw Valley–Alpine Meadows. “Use carrot tops instead of basil in