What to Eat Before and After Yoga, According to Top Nutrition Experts
Here’s how to stop eating mindlessly—and instead learn to eat mindfully— for your best yoga practice ever.
Not sure what to eat before and after yoga class? We talked to registered dietitians and yoga experts about what to eat and when to have your best yoga practice.
I’ve often heard yoga teachers ...
6 Simple Ways to Clear Negative Energy
Whether you feel bad juju coming from someone else or lingering in a space, try one of these tactics to clear negative energy and call in more light.
Every day we come into contact with energy that can greatly influence our mood and well-being. From burning sage to spritzing salt water, these ...
How a Daily Meditation Practice Helps You Find Trust
One of the nice things about meditation is that when we sit with these moments as they arise, we start to trust in them and in the dark grace.
After meditating with my first meditation teacher, Arvis, for some time, I decided to do a weeklong silent Zen meditation retreat. Arvis ...
In the lap of luxury: COMO’s wellness escape in Ubud
Como Shambhala Estate, Ubud
You travel to some places to find your spiritual side. I found mine in Ubud.
By Julie Ravindran
Bali is known as the island of a thousand temples. It is home to a majority Hindu community living peacefully and spiritually in Indonesia, a country with the world’s largest muslim ...
Want yoga and surfing at one place? Can go to Canggu!
If you want to escape to a beach resort that offers peace and wellness, and also enjoy the thrill of surfing, stay at the Como Uma Canggu in Bali where you can enjoy both.
By Julie Ravindran
My husband and I set out on an adventure trip to Southeast Asia in November. ...
What Your Asana Practice Can Tell You About Your Life
YJ Influencer and psychologist Lauren Taus suggests looking to your practice to identify personalized goals that are also applicable to the rest of life.
However you usually prepare (or don’t) for January first, there is an energy of renewal in the air that you can leverage into authentic empowerment and purpose. ...
Lord of the Dance Pose (not-ah-raj-AHS-anna): Step by Step
Want to, like, connect with cosmic energy? Nataraja is another name for Shiva and his dance symbolizes cosmic energy. Natarajasana, or Lord of the Dance Pose.
We'll start with a modified version of the pose. The full pose will be described in the Variation section below.
(not-ah-raj-AHS-anna)
nata = actor, dancer, mime
raja = ...
How Deepak Chopra’s Law of Dharma Can Help You Make Your Life Easier (and Better)
"Dharma means purpose," Ringnalda says. "The reason The Law of Dharma has always been a very effective and great law in my eyes is everything in life has purpose. Nature is in perfect harmony. On or off the mat, the only time that perfect harmony doesn't exist is when the ego or ...
Q+A: How Can I Heal Myself With Meditation?
The following meditation, when done regularly, brings self-esteem, self-love, and self-healing into the body. You can do it sitting down, but I suggest lying down with some support under your spine, such as a folded blanket or a bolster. I find that the heart can heal easier when it feels ...
After Asana: Grow Your Gratitude for All 8 Limbs of Yoga with Age
As asana becomes less accessible, we can grow into a deeper appreciation for the limbs of yoga that live off the mat. Discover how they can guide us through the aging process.
Nimble and spry, our youthful bodies alight atop the yoga mat. Pliable and limber, our frames fold, bend, and ...
Practice Kriya Yoga: Self-Awareness
Can kriya yoga help battle depression?
Patricia Walden, a senior Iyengar teacher, and Timothy McCall, M.D., author of the book Yoga as Medicine, prescribe Patanjali's kriya yoga as another way to bolster your awareness. Kriya yoga centers around three practices, tapas (discipline), svadhyaya (self-study), and ishvara pranidhana (devotion), which are designed ...
Fixes for Envy: Using Your Yoga Practice and the Sutras
Recognize when criticism turns into envy and use the yoga sutras and your yoga practice to figure out how to handle it.
The moment was a perfectly ordinary one in Pat's life. She and a friend were discussing their mutual acquaintance, Emily—a mother of two who manages a nonprofit while getting ...