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Stress Down, Tone Up: 9 Yoga Exercises For Your Legs, Arms, And Core

It’s well known that yoga is one of the best ways to keep stress down, but did you know it’s also one of the best ways to tone up? And nobody knows how better than Rachel Brathen, the brilliant Yoga
The Scientific Reason You Sometimes Get Emo During Yoga Class

The Scientific Reason You Sometimes Get Emo During Yoga Class

Ever felt like crying during a yoga class? Us too. And as it turns out, we aren’t the only babies, er, people who have felt the tears coming on mid-pose. Follow the link below where Chicago-area yoga instructor and Reiki

A Yoga Mat That Makes Your Workout Harder (On Purpose)

Yoga can be a challenge on its own, so why would anyone go to extra lengths to make it harder? For a good reason, actually. Follow the link below where esteemed yogini Elena Brower explains why your typical yoga mat

Stress-Relieving Yoga Poses To Unwind From The Holidays

The holidays are almost over, but first we have to get through the most intense week of it all. The American Psychological Association reports that during the holidays, 69 percent of people are stressed from lack of time, 69 percent

Mega-Yogi And Insta-Star Rachel Brathen Talks Food And Fitness

“I just want to do yoga, drink wine and save all the puppies.” That’s the Instagram bio of @yoga_girl, AKA Rachel Brathen. And in case that isn’t enough to make you already love her and want to know more about

From Hugs To Hot Sauce, 10 Life Lessons With Tara Stiles

Tara Stiles lives a dream life- galavanting around the globe doing yoga (and in the most stylish of gear), cooking delicious and nutritious foods, and spending time with likeminded individuals. On a journey such as that, you’re bound to learn
Big Gal Yoga’s Valerie Sagun Is Inspiring Yogis Everywhere

Big Gal Yoga’s Valerie Sagun Is Inspiring Yogis Everywhere

Don’t think you can do yoga because your body type is a far cry from Tara Stiles’? Well thank again, our fellow curvy sisters, because there’s a new yogi in town to look to as inspo. Dubbed the “curvy yogi,”
5 Yoga Poses for Easing Hangovers

5 Yoga Poses for Easing Hangovers

Typically when you wake up with a hangover, yoga is something you skip. Because bending over when you’re trying not to empty the contents of your stomach seems like it would be counterproductive. Well it turns out there are some
5 Ways To Manage Stress From An Acupuncturist

5 Ways To Manage Stress From An Acupuncturist

Stressed much? Join the club. It’s the worst club ever. All we do is try to figure out ways to cancel our memberships. For example, read articles where acupuncturists share their top 5 ways to manage stress. So follow the
Lindsay Ellingson’s 5-Minute Yoga Routine in GIFs

Lindsay Ellingson’s 5-Minute Yoga Routine in GIFs

A lot of yoga-lovers have no problem going to a class and kicking butt, maybe even entering into some supernatural poses. But leave them home alone sans instructor, and they’ll stare at their mat for a good five minutes while
8 Things To Expect On A Yoga Retreat

8 Things To Expect On A Yoga Retreat

Naturally, the growing popularity of yoga has sparkled a rise in yoga retreats, AKA they’re no longer reserved for hippies. It’s practically a must-do. But since we know nobody is doing 10 hours of a yoga a day (ouch), what

11 Wacky Styles of Yoga, From Naked to Ganja to Horses

Yoga may date back over 3000 years, but it’s only been in the states since 1947 after a Russian-Swedish actress named Indra Devi brought yoga from India to Hollywood’s A-list crowd. And leave it to us wacky Westerners to come up

5 Stress-Relieving Stretches to Unwind With Post-Workday

Nibbling chocolate and sipping wine might be a great way to relieve mental stress after a particularly rough work day, but what about the built up stress in your body? The kind that causes stiff necks and achy backs? Believe

Is TRX the Best-Kept Secret to a Killer Yoga Game?

Bored with your straps and blocks, and looking for a new way to elevate your yoga game? Then it’s time to welcome TRX into your routine. Turns out that the suspension cables used to take bodyweight moves up a notch

How Two Sisters Are Changing The Way We Namaste

Your average girl has done at least one yoga workshop in her time, but she probably hasn’t done the anything-but-average yoga workshop called Yoga+. Started in Chicago by two sisters, Natalie and Andrea Pavela, these interactive workshops take yoga to

8 Uplifting, Confidence-Boosting Yogis to Follow

Be honest, your Instagram feed if full of Kim Kardashian’s selfies (and other Instagram cliches) and your old next door neighbor’s dog. Well don’t you think it’s time to add some positivity in there? Take some female yogis, for example. Theres a

Fashion’s Favorite New Workout: AcroYoga

There’s no doubt you’ve already seen numerous of these types of pics on Instagram, and if you didn’t already know what they were, you would just think these people were indulging in a bit of childhood nostalgia when your dad
5 Gorgeous Yoga Mat Brands That Will Enhance Your Practice

5 Gorgeous Yoga Mat Brands That Will Enhance Your Practice

When you you regularly engage in a solid yoga practice, there isn’t much that can top that post-sequence high. However, the superficial yogi in us swears by the fact that a killer yoga mat can totally compliment your efforts. From
6 Yoga Poses to Start & End Your Day

6 Yoga Poses to Start & End Your Day

  Yoga can be applied to your daily life to help you function in a variety of ways. From stress, lack of sleep to helping with better posture, we have selected some of the best Yoga Poses to try in
Yoga for Beginners in 5 Steps

Yoga for Beginners in 5 Steps

Learning Yoga is like learning all new activities, it takes time and patience to master. One of the first things to remember about Yoga is that it is not done by just stretching your body. Yoga is a form of
Exercise and Diabetes

Exercise and Diabetes

Keeping physically active is great for the body; it can reduce body fat, keep your joints flexible and lower your risk of heart disease. Keeping active holds another benefit for diabetics too – it can help control blood glucose levels.