Treating Trauma with Yoga
An Interview with Joann Lutz Can you imagine a future in which someone’s first introduction to Yoga is not in a gym or classroom, but in a therapist’s office? It may be a future that’s not too far off, thanks…
Celebrating Integral Yoga Day
An Interview with Rev. Prem Anjali, Ph.D. Each year on October 7th, Integral Yoga International celebrates “Integral Yoga Day”—the day that the first Integral Yoga center was dedicated in New York in 1966. It’s a day we reflect on all…
Embodying the Dharma: Yoga Practice for Buddhist Teachings
By Michael Lee, founder of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Yoga and Buddhism have much in common; although they are two distinct paths, there are many places of convergence. In the past 50 years many Yoga practitioners in the West have also…
From the Inside Out: Yoga for the Special Child
From the Inside Out: Yoga for the Special Child An Interview with Sivakami Sonia Sumar Science confirms that Yoga works on deep levels and in all systems of the body and mind—essentially, it works from the inside out! That is…
The Neuroscience Is In: How Yoga Works
If you practice Yoga, you have probably experienced the physical, mental, and emotional benefits that it brings. But have you ever wondered why Yoga practice makes us feel so good? Modern research in the field of neuroscience is showing us…
Yoga—The Fountain of Youth
Barbara Prema Brown has been practicing Yoga for the past 30 years. After being diagnosed with a fibroid tumor, she sought Yoga as an alternative therapy to help her recover. An accountant by trade, she pursued Yoga teacher training at…
Prison Yoga: Helping Inmates Find Freedom
Swami Satchidananda taught that freedom is a state of mind, no matter your outside circumstances. That teaching may carry even deeper meaning for students of prison Yoga classes. Inspired by the example and teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda and other…
A Journey into Yoga: Destiny of Divine Grace
An Interview with Nalanie Chellaram There are some Yoga teachers who are so inspired, so motivated, and so dedicated that their lives warrant some study and reflection. That’s just one of the reasons that we sat down with Nalanie Chellaram,…
Yoga for Arthritis: More than Modifications
Research on the effects of Yoga has found that Yoga practice has numerous benefits for physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Dr. Steffany Moonaz is a Yoga therapist who has been involved in such research to gather clinical data about the…
Women’s Yoga VS Men’s Yoga
In the late 1980s, the number of men to women in any Yoga class was about one out of ten, or 10 percent. According to Mathew Solan, a former senior editor at Yoga Journal, by 2002 the number had risen…