Practice Deep Listening to Change Your Stress Response & Start Truly Receiving Yourself
Learn how to listen with compassion to your body, breath, feelings, and thoughts. This deep listening helps you cultivate the kind of conscious relaxation that allows you to stay open, present, and curious in situations where you normally wouldn't.
What Is Deep Listening?
This compassionate listening isn't so much a specific technique ...
Head-to-Knee Forward Bend (Janu Sirsasana): Step by Step
Janu Sirsasana or Head-to-Knee Forward Bend is appropriate for all levels of student and a spinal twist to boot.
(JAH-new shear-SHAHS-anna)
janu = knee
sirsa = head
Head-to-Knee Forward Bend: Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1
Sit on the floor with your legs straight in front of you. Use a blanket under your buttocks if necessary. Inhale, bend ...
I’m a Federal Inmate: This Is How Yoga Philosophy Is Helping Me Navigate My Future
Neal Goyal was riding on a wave of success after starting his own hedge fund at 24—until his lies caused investors to lose $10 million. Now in prison, he explains how the Purusharthas, or the four aims of life, are helping him make sense of his crime.
Imagine this: Everything is ...
Everything You Need to Know About Meditation Posture
Do you sit down for meditation and wonder if you're doing it right? Learn all about the universal meditation posture here.
Do you sit down for meditation and wonder if you're doing it right? Learn all about the universal meditation posture here.
There are a million forms of meditation in the world, but if ...
Four Tips for a Digital Detox
Realizing that you don't have to be 100% "on" every minute of the day in order to stay on top of things can be a massive relief for your spirit.
By Amy Ippoliti
1. Realize that you’re not missing out.
Not seeing every single post in your Instagram or Facebook feed is OK. If ...
Happy Baby Pose (Ananda Balasana): Step by Step
This pose gently brings a greater awareness to the hip joints.
BY YJ EDITORS
Happy Baby Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1
Lie on your back. With an exhale, bend your knees into your belly.
Step 2
Inhale, grip the outsides of your feet with your hands (if you have difficulty holding the feet directly with your ...
How to Incorporate Yoga Into Your Cooking
Eating and cooking are not so different from a yoga practice—there are guidelines, but we each choose the style that fits us best and results in the maximum health and enjoyment for mind and body. With that in mind, here are tips for fine-tuning your cooking practice.
By Jeremy Rock Smith
Prepare ...
Handstand (Adho Mukha Vrksasana): Step by Step
Do you know Mountain Pose? Flip it upside down and you have Handstand. Go ahead, try.
By Team Yogahood
Like its inverted cousins such as Forearm Balance and Headstand, a major obstacle to Handstand is a natural fear of falling. So the basic pose will be described with the heels supported against ...
This Sensory Forest Immersion Class Is Sold Out at Wanderlust: Here’s How to Try It in Your Own Backyard
Practicing this immersion into nature will help you center and reconnect with what matters most to you—and you can do it in your own backyard.
Maeve Jones is teaching the Sensory Forest Immersion class at Wanderlust Whistler in BC, Canada, which is currently sold out.
Have you ever watched leaves unfurl in ...
Petitation: Why Your Pet May Be Just What Your Meditation Practice Needs
Struggle to quiet your mind? Maybe your pooch can help. One woman says her pet-centered meditation technique is an effective way to mindfully connect with both your pet and yourself.
By Jennifer D'Angelo Friedman
Ever have trouble meditating? Including your pet in the process could be the key to success, says Elisabeth ...
Awaken to Your Potential for Change: The 5 Kleshas
A personal crisis can be a gift on the path to spiritual maturity. Learn to accept this gift, and you'll feel reborn.
A personal crisis can be a gift on the path to spiritual maturity. Learn to accept this gift, and you'll feel reborn.
Of the many crisis calls I've received, ...
6 Ayurvedic Techniques to Cultivate Your Body’s Internal Energy
Ayruveda offers these simple yet powerful tips for letting your inner radiance shine through and bolstering your ojas, or inner-energy reserves.
by YJ Editors
Create a morning ritual.
A typical habit that drains ojas is to begin your day in a worried state, immediately checking email or to-do lists. Rather than hit the ...