When Raj Panjabi was asked to help lead the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he drew on his experience working in the community of Chelsea, Massachusetts Volunteers in Chelsea, Mass., distribute aid to members of the community. In the…
Even though I now practice the Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series calmly, I still remember the shock of my first encounter with it. “Wait, I have to do a pose like this?” “Will I really be able to do this?” At…
Sunset over Bolotana, a village on the Italian island of Sardinia. (CREDIT: S. Jay Olshansky and Marisa Montibeller) Women in the Sardinian village of Bolotana show an unusually favorable pattern of survival after age 70. Researchers estimated that 13.8% would reach 100 under the…
I have been attending hot yoga since October. It would take a long time to explain why I chose hot yoga. First, I want to write down how I feel after a lesson, and record the changes in my body…
For many people, practicing yoga is much more than a way to get exercise. Rooted in the Indian Vedic tradition (a predecessor of Hinduism), yoga postures are deeply symbolic, and understanding their spiritual meaning offers us a new way to…
It can be challenging to allow yourselves to feel joy when we are also experiencing other challenging emotions. Adaptive & accessible yoga teacher Rodrigo Souza reminds us that slowing down and tuning into what is happening for us in the moment…
In Yoga Journal’s Archives series, we share a curated collection of articles originally published in past issues beginning in 1975. This article about Urdhva Prasarita Padasana first appeared in the March-April 1995 issue of Yoga Journal. Find more of our Archives here.
Women in the Italian village of Bolotana are three times more likely to become centenarians once they reach 70 than their American counterparts, according to a new study that may point to the discovery of a new longevity hotspot. Bolotana is…
Mrya Dennousse, 50, became a grandmother in June. Retirement from the rat race was not part of the plan. If anything, grandmotherhood appears to have given her another reason to keep moving. “I am not your average grandma, you know. I…
It is not uncommon to be told during an abdominal ultrasound as part of a health checkup that you have gallstones. Gallstones are stones formed when components of bile harden, and they most commonly... Right Upper Abdominal Pain May Signal…
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