Yin yoga's extended holds are a great opportunity to get some glutes stretches in. Try this 10-minute practice to loosen up your lower body. The post 10-Minute Yin Yoga Your Glutes Will Love appeared first on Yoga Journal.
Adventure travel asks a lot of your mind and body, and urges you to be present. Here's why yoga is proving to be the ultimate complement. The post Adventure Travel Outfitters Are Including Yoga in Their Itineraries appeared first on Yoga Journal.
Your willingness to play matters most. The post The Secret to Practicing Elephant Trunk Pose? Letting Yourself Fail. appeared first on Yoga Journal.
Are love and attraction the center of the Universe? Here's how love and desire show up in various spiritual traditions. The post How Western and Eastern Traditions Define Relationships and Desire appeared first on Yoga Journal.
“Being easy to please is often mistaken for having no needs at all.” ~Unknown We’d been together four years when my husband turned to me in the car and asked, completely out of nowhere, “What’s your favorite color?” I laughed, assuming he was joking. He wasn’t. “I’m...
‘At the heart of the Buddha’s message is the teaching of the Middle Way—a path that avoids the extremes of indulgence in sensual pleasures on one side and severe asceticism on the other. Before his enlightenment, the Buddha had experienced both ends of this spectrum.’...
A subtle shift in language can keep students coming back. The post The Simple Cueing Mistake Many Yoga Teachers Make appeared first on Yoga Journal.
I am at an interfaith gathering of clergy who are meeting with local police. One of our unhoused neighbors—a middle-aged female struggling with her mental health—was recently shot with rubber bullets. Some clergy express outrage at the violent police tactics. Others...
No complicated poses. Just relief. The post 5-Minute Yoga Practice Undo Your Slouch and Relieve Stiffness appeared first on Yoga Journal.
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” ~Toni Morrison, Beloved My father was on the other side of my bedroom door, banging hard on it with the flat of his hand, screaming at me to get back to the table and finish my plate. I told him there was no way I...