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What Is Anjali Mudra?: Anjali Means "Offering," and in India This Mudra Is Often Accompanied by the Word "Namaste."

By Shiva Rea — 2018

If you have attended even one yoga class, it is a familiar gesture: the drawing together of one’s palms at the heart.

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Iyengar Yoga 101: What Is It, Health Benefits & How to Practice

While Iyengar might not be as common a name as vinyasa or yin, it's actually the most widely practiced (and arguably the most accessible) style of yoga in the world. But what makes it different from other types—and why is it so loved by beginners and advanced yogis alike?

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Amanda Tarlton
2020
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Iyengar and the Invention of Yoga

In contemporary yoga classes, teachers often speak of Patanjali’s “Yoga Sutras,” a philosophical text compiled around two thousand years ago, as the wellspring of the practice.

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Michelle Goldberg
2014
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How to Create a Sankalpa

The yoga tradition offers a refreshing alternative to the New Year’s resolution: the practice of sankalpa, or resolve.

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Kelly Mcgonigal
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The Sun Salutation Decoded: Learn Surya Namaskar

Start your day with reverence for the sun, and harness its life-giving energy with Surya Namaskar.

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Kelly McGonigal
2010
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Restorative Yoga for Chronic Pain

Modern science and yoga agree: our present pain and suffering have their roots in our past pain, trauma, stress, loss, and illness.

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Kelly McGonigal
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What Is the True Purpose of Yoga?

In his classic work the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali describes yoga as “the progressive quieting of the fluctuations of the mind.

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Deepak Chopra
2013
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