Strengthening weak muscles can ease many common pains in the neck. The post Pain in the Neck? Here’s How Yoga Can Help Realign Your Spine—and Relieve Tension. appeared first on Yoga Journal.
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We spend our whole lives learning how to breathe. Paying attention to my exhales has improved my awareness, anxiety, and more. The post Why Breathing Out Is Just as Important as Breathing In appeared first on Yoga Journal.
Necessity is the mother of invention. The post 12 Random Household Items That Double as Yoga Props appeared first on Yoga Journal.
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~Viktor Frankl I smiled when the doctor told me I had a disease I would carry for the rest of my life. He was calling with my biopsy results, and the word he used was “Crohn’s.”...
The best yoga stretches are the ones that invite you to chill out and wind down. This 10-minute practice proves it. The post 10-Minute Yoga to Help You Chill Out and Wind Down appeared first on Yoga Journal.
‘The Buddha’s teaching offers both a warning and a promise: the warning that no external search will ever bring us to the end of suffering, and the promise that the end of suffering can indeed be realised — right here, in this very life.’ Everyday Buddhism
The first journal I ever kept was on my first trip to India. I did not think of it as a spiritual pilgrimage at first, even though my then-wife Iris and I had been inspired to go after reading Ram Dass’s Be Here Now, the 1970s underground bestseller. Iris wanted to...
Chances are you’ve found yourself in the middle of yoga class when, seemingly out of nowhere, the teacher launched into an explanation of an ancient Hindu creation story or a cautionary tale of destruction. Whether or not your response was curiosity or confusion,...
“If you don’t give your mind and body a break, you’ll break. Stop pushing yourself through pain and exhaustion and take care of your needs.” ~Lori Deschene In November of 2021, my autoimmune issues flared up. My doctor and I are still unsure which of my...