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Jennifer Reis is a certified yoga therapist, faculty member at Kripalu Center for Health & Yoga, and creator of Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra. She suggests four poses, all done lying down, which can help encourage sleep. Do each for a minimum of five exhal

When you’re going through a tough time, you feel like you want to curl up and hide — and you might unconsciously be doing just that, closing up your arms, hunching your shoulders and dipping your head down. This postural alteration constricts both yo

I found Energy Medicine (EM) two decades ago during a particularly dark period in my life. I was reeling from the collapse of my yoga studio and was in the throes of an unhealthy romantic relationship. I’d been practicing and teaching yoga for seven

If you’ve ever experienced an energetic release in a deep hip or heart opener or have felt invigorated by a few Sun Salutations, you can attest to the feel-good power of yoga. But other times, your practice may involve uncomfortable postures. These h

Yoga can help us be deeply loving and accepting of our history, pain, and trauma, instead of ignoring or denying these experiences. I learned this while growing up in Brazil. My father was in the military, and one day when I was five years old, my co

I was 16 years into my practice when I found myself crying profusely in Savasana (Corpse Pose). Lying in this vulnerable posture during my beloved teacher Tracee Stanley’s yoga nidra immersion, I realized I had been treating myself as an enemy. Somet

if you’re like most of us, you’ve indulged in Halloween candy, turkey and gravy, holiday cookies and New Year’s Eve champagne over the last several months. All this indulgence is excellent in the moment but can be tough on your waistline — and your d

If premium cable is any indication of things to come, it’s only a matter of time until a quickly mutating virus turns us all to zombies, a wave of fires blazes across the country, or an alien species invades the planet and forces us to lick their spa

PHOTOGRAPHY BY CORY SORENSEN FIRST AND FOREMOST — THIS IS NOT YOGA. It’s not capoeira. It’s not break dancing, parkour or gymnastics. Though you may see some familiar shadows of these practices here, Animal Flow is a beast unto itself. “Animal Flow i

Have you felt those earthshattering, spirit-crushing days of heartbreak? No matter who you are, where you’re from, it’s an inescapable reality of the human condition … heartbreak. There’s a reason why they call it that, right? Physically and emotiona

For maximum control: the two-handed push stroke Place the thumb of one hand on the finger rest, grab the sides of the plane body with the thumb and fingers of your other hand, and nestle the cap in your palm. Then push away from your body. For the lo

I’ve noticed in my freehand drawing workshops lately that although I supply and explain the use of all six of the essential tools required for freehand drawing the same basic handling errors come up over and over again. Despite their having been two

Hands come in handy when you’re making art. They’re great for mixing paints, shaping clay, and holding crayons and scissors. And they’re perfect for making handprint art! How? First make a handprint. Brush finger paint onto the palm and fingers of y

Words MASCHA COETZEE Photography RICK COETZEE In the Hatha Yoga tradition originating in India, our life-force energy is known as prana while in Chinese medicine, qigong and tai chi it’s chi (qi). Reiki practitioners call it ki and in Hawaiian spirit

LET’S TALK ABOUT the evil inner voices that saturate our DNA, occupying our thoughts and paralyzing our actions. These devilish thoughts spill toxins into our headspace and push us headfirst into the fires of self-loathing. They firmly lock into our

Wandering around after school one day, Jamie finds herself in an unfamiliar part of town. Lost and with night falling, she follows a white cat up to a rundown house filled with valuable antiques. An old man named Eddy lives there, and over tea and ca