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Meditation for Self-Love: A Loving-Kindness Practice, Step by Step

Meditation for Self-Love: A Loving-Kindness Practice, Step by Step

A meditation for self-love is a short, repeated practice in which you sit still and direct kind wishes toward yourself, usually with a few silent phrases such as "May I be safe. May I be at ease." The best-known form is loving-kindness meditation, called metta bhavana in the Buddhist tradition....
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Meditation
Salted Hazelnut Brownie Loaf (Gluten-Free, Made with Oats)

Salted Hazelnut Brownie Loaf (Gluten-Free, Made with Oats)

This salted hazelnut brownie loaf is a dense, fudgy chocolate loaf made from blended rolled oats instead of wheat flour, sweetened with honey, dates, banana and apple, and topped with a cocoa ganache, roasted hazelnuts and flaky salt. The loaf itself has no butter, oil, eggs or dairy. With...
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Yoga Food Recipes
How to Start a Yoga Journal: What to Write, With a Template

How to Start a Yoga Journal: What to Write, With a Template

A yoga journal is a notebook where you write down what happens in your practice: how your body and breath felt, what you learned, what you want to work on next time. To start one, keep it short. Write three to five lines right after each class, answer the same few questions every time, and keep...
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Yoga Practice
Padangustasana (Toe Stand Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Padangustasana (Toe Stand Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Padangustasana (Toe Stand Pose) is a balancing squat on the ball of one foot, with the other foot resting in half lotus on top of the standing thigh and the hands together in front of the chest. It is the last pose of the standing series in Bikram and Hot 26 yoga, right before the first...
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Yoga Asanas
Kumbhaka Pranayama (Breath Retention): How to Do It Step by Step

Kumbhaka Pranayama (Breath Retention): How to Do It Step by Step

Pranayama Breathing
What Is Hot Yoga? Bikram, Moksha, Baptiste, CorePower and Barkan Compared

What Is Hot Yoga? Bikram, Moksha, Baptiste, CorePower and Barkan Compared

Yoga Traditions
Pranayama Benefits: What Research Shows About Strength and Stress

Pranayama Benefits: What Research Shows About Strength and Stress

Pranayama Breathing
Urdhva Dhanurasana (Wheel Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Urdhva Dhanurasana (Wheel Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Upavistha Konasana (Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend): How to Do It Step by Step

Upavistha Konasana (Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Dandayamana Janushirasana (Standing Head to Knee Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Dandayamana Janushirasana (Standing Head to Knee Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Salabhasana (Locust Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Salabhasana (Locust Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Psoas and Yoga: Hip Flexor Anatomy and the Poses That Help

Psoas and Yoga: Hip Flexor Anatomy and the Poses That Help

Essential Yoga Body Parts