Yoga Basics: Yoga Poses, Meditation, History, Yoga Philosophy & More

Using Essential Oils to Enhance Your Meditation Practice

November 10, 2020

Meditation can be challenging, especially when you need it the most. Fortunately a few drops of essential oils can help you get the most out of your meditation practice. There are many aromatherapy essential oils that can reduce stress and tension, boost your focus and concentration, deepen your breathing, and help eliminate negative thoughts. We have found ten essential oils that you can

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Yoga for Bedtime: 16 Poses for Better Sleep

June Giveaway: Yoga Mat & Home Wipes

Sama Vritti Pranayama (Box Breath or Equal Breathing)

6 Fabulous and Free Morning Guided Meditation Videos

How to Start a Morning Meditation Routine

Bedtime Yoga for Beginners: How to Start

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Yoga for Beginners
New to yoga? Our Yoga for Beginners guide will give you all the tips, guidelines and recommendations you will need to start a successful yoga practice!

Hot Yoga: Definition, Benefits, Cautions and Tips for Newbies
December 12, 2019
14 Fantastic Free Yoga Videos for Beginners
July 11, 2019
24 Common Yoga Mistakes and How to Fix Them
August 21, 2018
Meditation: Create Calm
Meditation is a focusing of the mind on a single object with the goal of creating the cessation of all thought. The techniques of meditation are simple and easy to learn, but the ability to keep the mind focused takes time, patience and practice.

6 Fabulous and Free Morning Guided Meditation Videos
May 27, 2021
How to Start a Morning Meditation Routine
May 25, 2021
10 Terrific Benefits of a Morning Meditation Practice
March 23, 2021
Pranayama: Yogic Breathing
Pranayamas are breathing exercises developed by the ancient yogis for purification and to cultivate “life force energy.”

Sama Vritti Pranayama (Box Breath or Equal Breathing)
June 8, 2021
11 Ujjayi Breath Benefits (Plus Practice Tips)
December 3, 2020
Light Up Your Life With Kapalabhati (Benefits and Tips)
June 11, 2020
Yoga 101: the Basics
Throughout the long history of yoga a vast collection of spiritual techniques and practices aimed at integrating mind, body and spirit have been developed. What is normally thought of as “yoga” in the West is really Hatha Yoga, one of the many paths of yoga.

Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Wisdom
March 17, 2020
Tantra Yoga – Defined and Demystified
October 17, 2019
What is a Yogi? And How Do You Become One?
September 5, 2019

Asana: Yoga Poses

Explore over 125 yoga asanas in our yoga pose index. All of our posture pages have full instructions and multi-photo illustrations. Our four main categories of yoga poses are listed below, but you can find many others in our main section.

Seated Yoga Poses

Standing Yoga Poses

Supine Yoga Poses

Prone Yoga Poses

Too Busy for Yoga? Take Time to Make Time!

September 19, 2014

It’s 7am and your alarm sounds, jolting you from sleep. Before you can blink your eyes open, your thoughts are racing to places far beyond your bedroom. “I’ll get the coffee started,” you tell yourself, “and eat breakfast on the way to work. I’ve got that lunch meeting, then a doctor’s appointment—and I can’t forget to pay the electric bill! I’ll figure out dinner on the

Be Inspired to Practice Yoga

Find the motivation and inspiration for a dedicated yoga practice by reading interviews with inspirational teachers and watching our collection of inspirational yoga videos.

Awesome Half Moon Sequence Video

Inspiring Video: Yoga Beyond the Poses

Dawn to Dusk: NYC Yoga Time-lapse Video

Take a Yoga Quiz

Discover and learn more about yourself by taking one of our fun and easy yoga quizzes. Check out one or more of our classic personality-style quizzes to help guide your yoga journey. Each quiz provides immediate feedback and reveals your results at the end.

Yoga Quiz: What Animal Should you Practice Yoga with?

Yoga Quiz: What’s the Best Meditation Practice for You?

Yoga Quiz: How Much Yoga Should I Do?

11 Ujjayi Breath Benefits (Plus Practice Tips)

December 3, 2020

Pranayama is one of the foundational practices of hatha yoga. It's the cultivation and absorption of prana, or life force energy, into the body and mind. And just like asana (physical poses), there are many different forms of pranayama one can practice. One of the most common is the mysterious Ujjayi or "ocean sounding breath." Incorporating the ujjayi breath in your asana

Deepen Your Yoga Practice

Discover great tips, sage advice and expert how-to’s on the many ways to explore, deepen and refine your yoga practice. In our in-depth topics and articles, we examine and investigate the subtitles and modern applications of this ancient practice.

Need More Intensity? 7 Ways to Amp Up Your Yoga

What is a Yogi? And How Do You Become One?

Gentle Yoga: Definition, Benefits and Styles

Using Mala Beads to Deepen Your Yoga Practice

The 5 Warrior Poses of Yoga

Yoga Teacher Training: To Travel or Not to Travel?

Yogic Wisdom

“These days, my practice is teaching me to embrace imperfection: to have compassion for all the ways things haven't turned out as I planned, in my body and in my life – for the ways things keep falling apart, and failing, and breaking down. It's less about fixing things, and more about learning to be present for exactly what is.” ⏤ Anne Cushman
“Rid your body of its impurities, let your speech be true and sweet, feel friendship for the world, and with humility seek wealth and knowledge.” ⏤ Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
“You cannot understand life and its mysteries as long as you try to grasp it. Indeed, you cannot grasp it, just as you cannot walk off with a river in a bucket. If you try to capture running water in a bucket, it is clear that you do not understand it and you will always be disappointed, for in the bucket the water does not run. To have running water you must let go of it and let it run.” ⏤ Alan Watts
“The love of God, the love of the Spirit, is an all-consuming love. Once you have experienced it, it shall lead you on and on in the eternal realms. That love will never be taken away from your heart. It shall burn there, and in its fire you shall find the great magnetism of Spirit that draws others unto you, and attracts whatsoever you truly need or desire.” ⏤ Paramahansa Yogananda

6 Ways to Reboot Your Yoga Practice

January 1, 2016

Is your yoga practice in a rut? Does it feel like you are practicing asanas without joy, curiosity or excitement? Throughout my yoga practice, I’ve learned the importance of dedication and going with the flow, but sometimes the flow can become monotonous, boring and just blah. If your yoga practice needs a jump-start, and purchasing a new mat or new leggings isn’t going to do the trick,

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