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Offering Hands-On Assists? Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes
After you've made sure your student wants to be touched, follow these hands-on assist upgrades. As yoga teachers, we often default to providing hands-on assistance to guide students into more comfortable asana positioning. But despite our earnest efforts, we may...
You’ll Be Ready to Move After This Short Series of Spine Stretches
It’s been said that you’re only as young as your spine is flexible, and there’s some truth to that. The spinal cord holds our lifeforce energy, so warming it up properly before any form of movement—including yoga—not only helps unleash that energy, but also supports...
What is your moon?
The other day, I was talking to a close friend who's heart had just been just broken. She had just parted ways with her significant other of one year. Just a few months prior to starting a relationship with him, she had divorced her partner of 15 years. She recounted...
You’ll Be Ready to Move After This Short Series of Spine Stretches
This was originally published in Yoga Journal. Read the original story and watch the video here. Dr. Ingrid Yang, yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and YJ’s September/October cover model, shares a 4-minute practice to warm-up your spine. It’s been said that you’re only as...
This Doctor Pioneered a Breathing Technique for COVID-19 Patients
This article was originally published in Yoga Journal. Read the full article here. There’s only one window in the hospital room. It doesn’t open, but it stretches nearly the entire length of the wall, from built-in bench to ceiling, inviting light into the otherwise...



