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Class Gives New Meaning to Corpse Pose

If you live or work in a city, you know how difficult it can be to find a moment of quiet. Between the buses, sirens, and people chattering it can seem like an impossible feat to even make a phone…

Yoga and Yogurt

I’ve been seeing a commercial for Yoplait yogurt on television a lot lately. It’s kind of funny, but it also pokes fun at yoga students who twist themselves into all kinds of crazy positions because we believe it will fix…

Is Your Yoga Teacher Mean?

I’ll never forget the time a yoga teacher looked at me in a pose (it was a variation of Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose), scowled, shook her head, and announced loudly to the entire class, “I can see we’ve got a…

Yoga for Wii

Whether you like video games or not, you’ve got to be at least curious about the new Yoga for Wii game coming out later this year. As a Wii Fit enthusiast, I was definitely excited to hear that there was…

Art + Yoga = Bliss

A Columbia, SC museum is hosting a yoga class in the middle of an art gallery. Doing yoga among beautiful pieces of art enhances the senses says Rikki Donahue, the yoga teacher who will lead classes at the museum through…

5 Yoga Tricks to Help You Focus

Businessmanagementdaily.com recently posted a list of tips using yoga techniques to help productivity. It’s something I can definitely relate to as I sit at my desk on a Friday afternoon. It’s also a fabulous lesson in applying yoga to everyday…

Yoga for Underserved Populations

At $18 a class in some cities, it’s no surprise that yoga studios are often a hub for financially secure spiritual seekers. It’s the high price tags associated with yoga classes, retreats, and trendy yoga clothes that has some folks…

Regular Yoga Practice is Associated with Mindful Eating, Study Finds

Regular yoga practice is associated with mindful eating, and people who eat mindfully are less likely to be obese, according to a recent study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The study, which was a follow-up on…

YJ Exclusive: Michigan Yoga Teacher Charged with Criminal Misdemeanor

By YJ correspondent Nancy O’Brien. Normal 0 Yoga Journal, tracking down furtive reports that a yoga teacher had been arrested in a Michigan crackdown on yoga teacher training programs, has learned that state police appeared at Dancing Feet Yoga in…