Browsing: Wellness

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. 

Welcome to your final Mercury retrograde of the year. As Mercury shifts into its apparent backward motion, it highlights a needed reminder, which is that life is shaped by your perspective. The question that remains is whether you will follow the invitation of reclamation on offer from Mercury retrograde in Scorpio.

InYoga Journal’s Archives series, we share a curated collection of articles originally published in past issues beginning in 1975. This article about Half Lord of the Fishes first appeared in theMarch-April 2002issue ofYoga Journal. You can find more of our Archiveshere.

Calin Van Paris is a YJ editor. Here, she talks to Chair of Naropa’s Yoga Studies programs Nataraja Kallio, founding Director of the M.A. in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University Christoper Chapple, alumna, and more about what it means to major in yoga. 

There is one sentence that can stop attempts to repair a tumultuous or estranged parent/child relationship in its tracks. For many, this experience may sound achingly familiar: An adult child is naming a painful experience from their youth, often something a parent said or did that hurt them. They are typically hoping to share the…

For many, Halloween has become a second Christmas. Spooky decorations appear earlier each year, evoking the same sense of nostalgia and anticipation as the festive season. But despite its medley of frights, screams, and jump scares, why does a holiday built around fear make us feel so cosy?