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This 16 Year-Old Shares 4 Main Lessons She’s Learned as a Young Yoga Teacher

Being a young yoga teacher is a unique experience and a journey that this 16-year old teen yoga teacher shares through the 4 main lessons she's learned.
Maggie Munday Odom | March 14, 2020
A Yogi’s Experience Taking the World’s Highest Altitude Yoga Class On Top of the Chachani Volcano

The world's highest altitude yoga class happened on top of the Chachani Volcano in Peru. Hear this yogi's firsthand account of her inspiring experience.
Cathy Madeo | January 10, 2020
What to Expect In Your First Yoga-Dance Fusion Class

Yoga-dance fusion classes like Tribal Trance Yoga are gaining popularity. Learn all about it plus what to expect for your first yoga-dance fusion class.
Sarah Dittmore | October 17, 2019
A Letter From the Editor ☀️🚐 What I Learned From 3 Months of #VanLife

After three months of living out of a van and traveling up the West Coast, I learned a lot about minimalism, presence, and finding balance in work and life.
Ashton August | September 23, 2019

Travel and Yoga – The Formula for Finding Your Voice

College, they say, is a time of self-exploration. It’s the time in our lives we’re told we’re supposed...
Shayla Law | October 16, 2016
Is Today’s Yoga Culture Selfish or Selfless?

The practice of yoga is intended to give rise to personal liberation through movement, breathwork and meditation.
Kara Marell | October 5, 2016
Inspiring Story Told Through a Yoga Flow Time Lapse Video

I recently packed whatever I could into my car and made the bold move of relocating from Ohio...
Alisha Leytem | June 7, 2016
Wounded Veteran Saved By Yoga (Video)

We want to celebrate a brave veteran who lost both of his legs after an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Iraq.
Krysta Shannon | November 12, 2015
My Story of Surviving Breast Cancer Holistically

Almost nine years ago, I was diagnosed breast cancer. According to my doctors, the options were as usual: lumpectomy and radiation.
YogiApproved | October 23, 2015
This Is Why Buti Yoga Will Change Everything in Your Life

Becoming a Buti Yoga instructor certainly wasn’t in my Passion Planner this year. “Buti what?” I asked, after I heard it mentioned it in passing. “Like shake your booty? Twerking?”
Allison Dailey | September 28, 2015
My First Yoga Festival Experience

In early August, I attended my very first yoga festival – Return to Roots, a 5-day yoga, music, and flow event in southern New Jersey. Return to Roots is exactly what the name implies – a return to your roots, including port-a-potties, primitive showers and camping in the great outdoors.
Krysta Shannon | August 26, 2015
When Your Favorite Yoga Teacher Moves On

I never thought I’d be the kind of girl to get emotional over a yoga teacher. I have a tendency to ride the line with yoga—I believe I’m a spiritual person but my cynical self can rear its head when it feels too hippie-yoga-weird.
Aimee Yamamori | July 23, 2015
Why Yoga is Right for Everyone (Yes, Even You!)

I’m not going to lie, I used to loathe going to yoga class. I was dragged (kicking and screaming) once a week by my enthusiastic best friend, who repeatedly told me that if I kept going I would soon love it.
Eirinn Norrie | March 2, 2015
My Yoga Story – Uttanasana Standing Forward Fold

In these past 30 days, yoga has become part of my daily life. Yes, I can touch the floor in forward fold, but I am also learning to be content with myself.
Ashley Stern | February 28, 2015
My Yoga – The Mystical Yoga Farm

We arrived by slow boat as it cruised through Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. I’ve heard a lot about the sacredness of the land and suddenly I felt it. Three volcanoes spread its raw majestic beauty across the horizon and in its intrinsic ways it brought a shift within me.
Charmie Stryker | November 17, 2014
Weight Loss and Yoga: A Journey Towards Finding Myself

Weight loss and yoga: this woman shares her incredibly inspirational story of her journey through weight loss, finding herself, and yoga.
Elisha Thompson | September 19, 2014