How My Yoga Quest Led Me to Ruby’s Massage Parlor

There I was, stark naked, nauseated, and lying on this prostitute’s red-velvet bed in the middle of the day, when eighteen minutes earlier I had been looking for a yoga space.

Surfer Greg Long Catches the Yoga Wave

Yoga + Surf = Union

When Teachers and Leaders Abuse Their Authority

Transparency and accountability in community

Ego and Injury in Yoga

Pushing beyond your body’s limitations positions you for pain

Pushing to Be a Perfect Yogi

I knew then that the tension inside me to “achieve” something in my yoga had been released.

Chronic Back Pain? Try Yoga

Taking up yoga can soothe pain and boost back-related function among people with chronic backache, according to the largest-ever clinical trial on yoga. Published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the study of 228 adults found that 12 weekly, 75-minute classes of either yoga or stretching exercises resulted in significant back-pain relief.