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Yoga As Medicine: An M.D. and Yogi on How It Works
In her interview with Yoga Journal medical editor Timothy McCall, M.D., yogi Nina Zolotow explores how yoga as medicine can deliver real healing for common health conditions, from high blood pressure to anxiety, chronic pain and insomnia.

How to Lose Weight with Yoga
Experts weigh in on the best ways to put specific yoga styles, poses and side-effects to work helping you lose weight and get healthier.

Couples Yoga: Tips for Starting + Sample Tandem Pose Sequence
Try breaking new ground in an important relationship. How a partner yoga practice can strengthen your connection, tips for beginners in couples yoga, plus a sample tandem pose sequence to try.

Study Finds Pilates Helps Back Pain Sufferers More than Other Therapies
Recent research supports what many Pilates experts and aficionados have been saying for decades: That doing Pilates is not only great for sculpting a strong, lean body — but also for preventing and treating low-back pain.

Blogs

5 Yoga Poses to Do with a Bolster for Extra-Strength Stress Relief

One of the great things about yoga is that you don’t need to invest in a bunch of equipment ...

Rethink Your Abs: 3 Exercises for a Stronger Core

Some of the most common ab workouts can do your body more harm than good. Yoga expert Jill Miller shares ...

In Tough Times, Yoga Retreats Prop People Up

Burnt out? Retreats are the best not-so-secret secret in yoga. Here's how you can justify taking one this year.

More blogs

Think Outside the Studio: Guide to Starting a Home Yoga Practice

Top 10 Gifts for Yoga Lovers

Kids’ Yoga: Get-Started Guide for Grade-Schoolers, Tweeners & Teens

Should You Do Pilates on a Mat or on a Reformer?

A Beginner's Guide to 8 Major Styles of Yoga

How Pilates Can Help You Lose Weight

What Does Your Favorite Yoga Pose Say About You?

Finding the Best Yoga Class for You

Yoga for Detox

How to Choose a Mind-Body Exercise

Yoga-on-the-Go Guide

Sculpting Your Arms with Yoga

Meditation 101: Techniques, Benefits & Beginner’s How-to

Beat the Blues with Heart-Opening Yoga

QUIZ: What Kind of Yogi Are You?

10 Essential Yoga Poses: How-To + Video with Rodney Yee

Why Meditate? Science Finds Clues

Om in a Combat Zone: Story of Two Women Marines

Gaiam Media

How to Flex a Muscle While Stretching It, to Help Protect Joints

Yoga expert Jill Miller shows how to use active stretching or proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation in a runner's lunge to protect joints and build strength. From Jill's Yoga for Weight Loss Workout Kit by Gaiam.

Use a Chair for Help in Warrior II

Need a little help getting started with some yoga poses? Learn how to do Warrior II pose using a chair for balance and stability in this clip from the Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Weight Loss DVD by Gaiam, featuring yoga expert Rodney Yee.

How to Stay Motivated to Stick with Your Yoga Practice