Browsing: Wellness

A des damaged or shifts out of place. You might be surprised to learn that, while it can seem like a minor issue, it can actually have an impact on your health and how you feel day-to-day

For decades, people living with overweight and obesity have been unfairly labelled lazy or greedy, with weight loss framed as a simple matter of eating less and moving more. But the biology behind body weight is far more complex.

Most of us spend several hours looking at digital screens every day, all of which emit varying levels of blue light. There’s debate about the damage and effects blue light has on our vision and health, and if blue light filters help.

Radiance Basden is a certified yoga teacher and passionate advocate for stress reduction, mental resilience, and restorative wellness. Here, she guides readers through a short practice designed to be done in bed. 

InYoga Journal’s Archives series, we share a curated collection of articles originally published in past issues beginning in 1975. This article about Marichyasana first appeared in the November-December 1987 issue ofYoga Journal. Find more of our Archiveshere.

Calin Van Paris is a YJ editor. Here, she talks to yoga teacher Dusty Swehla, who has led 16 yoga retreats around the world, about what to keep in mind if you’re planning to host. When you’re ready to explore more retreat and wellness travel options, we have destinations.

Yoga for neck discomfort can be a helpful tool to relieve stiff muscles and move with greater ease. That’s why longtime yoga teacher Amber Burke created this sequence. For several years, Burke led a yoga teacher training at the University of New Mexico-Taos. Her approach to teaching is to support students in creating a sustainable…

“I once heard someone say that a sign of enlightenment was the ability to say (and mean it) ‘Well, this isn’t what I want, but it’s what I got, so okay.’”~Syl

Nerves are something that most yoga teachers experience at one point or another. That’s why longtime yoga teacher Amber Burke, graduate of two YogaWorks trainings and former leader of a teacher training program at the University of New Mexico-Taos, shares her approach to relieving pre-class jitters.

When I was a student at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2016, I thought it would be a good idea to write about the appropriation of mindfulness by corporate America for my Master’s project. What I discovered during the course of my reporting was a paradox.