Eastern Yoga Joins Western Medicine To Heal Breast Cancer Survivors
by Annie Sneed: New research suggests that women who survived breast cancer can reduce inflammation and fatigue by regularly practicing hatha yoga… […]
Muladhara Chakra: Stabilizing the Foundation
Sadhguru throws light on the muladhara chakra, the energy center that constitutes the foundation of the human system… […]
5 Yogic Resolutions That Will Change Your Life For Good
by Kedar Nath: The New Year is frequently a time for new beginnings, a time to set a number of goals for ourselves… […]
Sex: Sacred Or Sinful? – Sadhguru
Is human sexuality sinful or sacred? There is nothing wrong or right about sex, says Sadhguru, as it is an essential part of physical existence… […]
How Yoga Can Help You Reach Your Weight-Loss Goals
by Laura Schwecherl: Maybe you want to lose a little weight. Namaste to that… […]
Awaken Interviews Guru Rattana Pt 2 – Awakening The Neutral Mind
Donna Quesada: So this is fascinating. Again, I’m stepping out and I’m trying to listen with fresh ears and fresh eyes. And…and I think the tendency is to think of monks and yogis sitting in [...]
Devi Worship In India And Around The World
Sadhguru looks at how the worship of the feminine has largely disappeared today, but explains that there are still many powerful, intricately consecrated spaces in India… […]
The Real Reason Downward-Facing Dog Is So Good for You
by Sara Calabro:Downward-facing dog is the most ubiquitous pose in yoga. Interestingly, the ancient Chinese art and science of acupuncture can help explain why… […]
Deal With The Karmic Mountain Around You
Sadhguru looks at how we build a mountain of karma around us, and what we need to do to dismantle this… […]
On Forgiveness, Redemption & #Me Too In The Yoga Community
by Donna Farhi: Now that the finger has been let out of the dam, there’s been a deluge of #metoo stories coming from our Yoga community… […]
5 minutes for Health
“True health fundamentally means to be in tune with nature, both inner and outer” – Sadhguru […]
Isha Kriya
Isha Kriya is a simple yet powerful tool to move from untruth to Truth. – Sadhguru […]
Awaken Interviews Guru Rattana Pt 1 – How Our Energy’s Relates To Our Soul
Awaken apologizes for the poor framing of Guru Rattana. It is the content of the interview that is important and rather than only using the audio we decided to use the video anyway. […]
The True Nature of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
Patanjali was not only a man of many talents who wrote texts on medicine, language, and grammar, he was one of the 18 classical Tamil siddhars (sages and intellectuals), and a realized being… […]
Neuroscience And The ‘Sanskrit Effect’
by Azriel ReShel: Science Proves the Power of Chanting… […]
All About Kundalini Yoga: The Golden Chain, Gurus, And Yogi Bhajan
by Dr. Ramdesh: “The spiritual teacher is the link of Infinity within two finites. Truth is infinite. It cannot be captured in any mental or emotional imagination. Teaching is infinity.” ~Yogi Bhajan […]
Researchers Urge Stroke Survivors To Focus On Yoga And Tai Chi
by Lauren Williams: Researchers find that Yoga and Tai Chi are critical in reducing blood pressure, blood sugar levels, Hypertension and fatty acids, which are all huge risk factors when it comes to strokes… [...]
Yoga and Ritual: Restorative Practices For Tough Times
In light of the recent violence and craziness, I thought I’d write about two practices that are particularly close to my heart: yoga and ritual… […]
All These Years Of Yoga, And I’m Still Not Possessed
by Rebecca Bratten Weiss: From age ten to eighteen, I lived and worked on a horse and cattle ranch… […]
‘Hello, Sunshine’ Yoga Sequence
by Dr. Tracy L. Daniel, Ph.D: Perform this energizing yoga sequence with your child to wake up your minds and bodies in preparation for a day full of learning… […]
Church Shouldn’t Hurt: Lessons From Yoga For Ordinary Time
by Laura Jean Truman: It isn’t supposed to hurt, my yoga teacher said… […]
The Spiritual Foundation Of Yoga
by Gudjon Bergmann: Yoga is at least three things… […]
Hints For The Practice Of Yoga – Swami Krishnananda
by Swami Krishnananda: (A Talk delivered on the concluding day of Sadhana week in July 1977) […]
Yoga Nidra
by Kedar Nath: Yoga Nidra is also known as the sleep of Yogis. It is a powerful meditative technique from the tantras in wich one relaxes with absolute awareness… […]
Benefits Of Kriya Yoga
From the talks and writings of Paramahansa Yogananda: […]
How Your Unconscious Beliefs Shape Your Body And Mind
by KeiShana Coursey: As a midwife and yogi who has walked alongside women and observed (with curiosity and kindness) their navigation through all that is birth… […]
3 Things I Learned After Taking A Break From My Yoga Practice
by Erika Parfter: Rather than feeling guilty for not rolling out her mat every day, one writer embraced her hiatus from yoga—and it transformed her practice forever… […]
The Seven Chakras And How To Balance Them
by Sarah Platt Finger: Check out this simple guide to the 7 chakras that I contributed to for Nutritious Life! […]
Chakras 101: Aligning With The Inner And Outer Universe – Sarah Platt Finger
by Sarah Platt Finger: The chakras are vortices of energy that run along our spine… […]
Along the Way to Awakening
by Bonnie Greenwall PhD: It has been many years now since my own kundalini activation and the energy is calm, as if it has spiraled down into a quiet center that supports my work and my [...]
Overcoming Addiction: A Yogic Path To Recovery
by Dr. Wendy Harris: Trauma and addiction are increasingly popular topics that continue to gain momentum as the spotlight now shines on America’s growing opioid epidemic… […]
15 Beautiful Inspirational Yoga Quotes
We all have that one favorite quote that we go back to when we need motivation… […]
Hot Yoga: A Complete Guide
by Kristin McGee: What is Hot Yoga? […]
Femininity as Strength: How Yoga Convinced Me to Open My Heart
by Liz McCollum Lord: Like many people, my ideas about women and femininity were shaped by my family and culture… […]
11 Questions About Stretching Answered
by Amber Burke & Bill Reif: Though yogis have been stretching for millennia, much remains unknown about how stretching actually works… […]
This 7-Pose Home Practice Harnesses The Power Of Touch
Looking to cultivate more connection with yourself—and with others? Want to experience the oneness versus otherness so many yoga teachers talk about? This sequence will show you how… […]
Connect Your Subconscious & Your Intuition With The Two-Stroke Breath
by Allison Ritter: The Ajna Chakra, the Sixth Chakra, is also called the Third Eye and is the seat of intuition… […]
How Self-Care Is Changing The Lives Of Students Across The Country
by Krysten Peck: Today is International Day of Yoga, and here at mbg, we want to highlight the stories in the yoga space that are changing the practice for the better… […]
How Yoga Calms Writers And Artists Minds: It’ll Help To Beat Stress, Anxiety, And Depression
by Manmohan Singh: This blog describes how Yoga plays an important role in calming down the mind of an artist… […]
Awaken Interviews Guru Meher Khalsa Pt 3 – Re-Embrace The Feminine
Donna Quesada: Exactly. And so, this brings me to another question that we like to ask here to those we interview. Is there an imbalance globally, of feminine versus masculine energies and what is the right [...]
Snatam Kaur On The Mul Mantra
by Snatam Kaur: What an incredible time we live in. We are on the brink of either a major global shift in consciousness or a major environmental catastrophe that finally may bring in the shift within each [...]
Yoga For Constipation: 14 Yoga Poses For Relieving Constipation
by Winnie Murugi: Is your digestive system feeling clogged? Does the long call of nature feel somewhat unnatural? […]
Yoga, Meditation On The Rise Among U.S. Adults And Kids
by Lorraine Chow: If you can flow from “downward dog” to “upward dog,” then you’re part the growing number of yogis in the U.S… […]
Fuel Your Willpower To Transform With Tapas
by Kate Siber: The secret to making change stick when things get tough? […]
Being a Yogi Makes You a Political Activist (Like It or Not)
If you haven’t been getting more involved in politics lately… […]