Browsing: Wellness

It’s ten at night, and I’m sprawled on the couch at the end of a long day, messaging an old friend from grad school. My wife is already in the slow process of heading to bed, the kids are asleep, and the house is quiet enough for a conversation to feel easy.

Practicing yoga for hand, wrist, and finger care can help relieve the discomfort from near-constant typing, scrolling, and other tedious movements. That’s why instructor Ramoni Overton designed this quick yoga sequence. Based in Los Angeles, Overton is the creator of the YouTube channel Yoga With Ramoni.You can also explore other ways to stretch and strengthen…

Jaffer Hussain is a certified yoga teacher who specializes in athletic training and adapting your yoga practice to everyday life. Here, he leads a mini sequence to release tension in your hips.

Nicole Fabian-Weber is a writer and 500-hour certified yoga teacher who is inspired by the subtle yet powerful habits that make yoga instructors more effective. She currently teaches at Home Power Yoga in Cranford, New Jersey.

For most of my life, I had a second full-time job. Nobody hired me for it. Nobody paid me. But it ate more hours than anything else I did. The job was pretending to be normal.

Life is hard, and it might get harder. So, where could mindfulness or loving awareness fit in when survival feels tenuous and ultimately temporary?

InYoga Journal’s Archives series, we share a curated collection of articles originally published in past issues beginning in 1975. This article about restricting your breath first appeared in theNovember-December 1992issue ofYoga Journal. You can find more of our Archiveshere.

It’s a week that defies expectations. Shortly after Venus retrograde shifts backward into Libra, the Moon reaches her fullness in Taurus. Both astrological happenings are governed by Venus, which rules both signs and brings more self-awareness, emotional wisdom, self-value, honest relating, and embodied desire. It’s a week that explores safety, self-worth, and connection through reminding…

There are a lot of paradoxes in psychology—the harder you try to fall asleep, the less likely you will; the more you try to avoid thinking negative thoughts, the more likely they will pop into your head; and according to newer research, your greatest meaning in life can come from your greatest pains.

Calin Van Paris is a YJ editor who is constantly working on keeping her composure. Here, she shares five ways yoga can help you channel equanimity—and vice versa. If you want to start working on your equanimity right now, our array of yin yoga practices are here to help.