Get Energized

Enhancing energy is at the heart of every yoga practice—it's designed to release energy blockages and optimize the healthy flow of life force (prana) throughout the body. >>

Accept Resistance

Don't be afraid to meet resistance in meditation. Make the commitment to sit and meditate regularly. A willingness to stay present with the resistance that surfaces during mediation will help you cope with those complex emotions that continually arise in daily life. >>

Blissful Vacation Pointers

When you prepare for your vacation, Yoga Journal recommends you pack these tried-and-true natural remedies and avoid common travel maladies. Have a great trip! >>

Feng Shui Your Bedroom

If insomnia is a problem, don't overlook the décor of your bedroom. Ideally, your bedroom should be restful and not used for anything but sex and sleep. Banish all paperwork and the television to other rooms, keeping clutter to a minimum. Get the sleep of your dreams with these simple feng shui tips for your bedroom.

Gentle Nighttime Routine

Whether it's breathing to slow the heart rate or massage to calm the mind, a simple yogic routine can be effective for a better night's sleep. - Know your timing - Create a wind-down period - Strike a pose. - Get warm  The next time you have trouble sleeping, follow these simple steps, and observe their soothing wonders.

Spotlight on Viniyoga

As we travel through life, it's no mystery that we are constantly evolving on all levels: physically, emotionally, and intellectually. So why not tailor a yoga routine that will help address and integrate these transitions? Viniyoga is an empowering and transformative practice designed to do just that.

Spotlight on Jivamukti Yoga

Looking for a highly meditative but physically challenging form of yoga? Try Jivamukti. You won't be alone.

Each week, more than 2,000 people visit the Jivamukti Yoga Center in New York City. Its popularity lies in the teaching approach of cofounders David Life and Sharon Gannon, who opened their first studio in 1986, combining an Ashtanga background with a variety of ancient and modern spiritual teachings. 

Taste For Life

According to Ayurveda, a healthful diet should include all six tastes. Gupta took this insight about rasa and applied it to the emotional resonances in music, dance, and drama—and, by extension, to life. He identified nine emotional rasas, or moods.

• Erotic the flavor of love
• Comic the flavor of laughter
• Pathetic the flavor of sorrow
• Furious the flavor of anger
• Heroic the flavor of courageous ardor
• Terrible the flavor of being scared
• Odious the flavor of being repulsed
• Marvelous the flavor of amazement
• Peaceful the flavor of serenity

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