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Yoga is more than bending, breathing, and meditating. These core principles can help you expand your understanding of yoga and yourself. If you're the kind of person who likes to [...]

Seeking more equanimity and happiness in 2018? Here's how to tap into the purusharthas--or yoga's four aims of life--to reach your goals and usher in more joy. AS THE NEW [...]

Around this time every year, life has a way of spinning out of control. Work and family duties multiply and compete until every day feels like a race to get [...]

IT'S SO EASY TO GET LOST in the flow of Sun Salutations: Mountain Pose, Upward Salute, Standing Forward Bend, Half Standing Forward Bend, Chaturanga, Up Dog, Down Dog, Half Standing [...]

Our high-tech culture is great for innovating, sharing information--and triggering pain. Sitting perched over a keyboard or digital device for hours on end, day after day, sets you up for [...]

THE HOLIDAY TABLE, surrounded by friends and family, is a home chefs moment to shine. And with a properly balanced menu, inspired by Ayurveda's healing principles, you can truly satisfy [...]

If you can't stand the heat ... stay in the kitchen. You can keep your cool and still prepare delicious, healthful, and surprisingly satisfying meals. Here, five raw foods superstars [...]

IT'S 3 A.M. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR PEACE OF MIND IS? If you're thinking about it when you'd rather be dreaming, there's a good chance you don't. You're suffering [...]

SURELY THERE ARE NO MORE-EVOCATIVE WORDS IN THE PRACTICE OF YOGA THAN THESE TWO: CORE STRENGTH. They point you to the vital force that holds you steady in your asana, [...]

I'm one of 36 million Americans who suffer from painful, disorienting headaches known as migraines. No matter what else is planned for my day, I am immediately hijacked by the [...]

I'VE ALWAYS DREADED JANUARY 1, that designated day for setting goals and making resolutions. Sure, I know well enough to focus on positive intentions and to approach my resolutions as [...]

For Laura Cornell, the collapse of her marriage was like a bolt from the blue--to call it a shock would be an understatement. Then a graduate student pursuing a PhD [...]

Around the holidays, life has a way of spinning out of control. Work and family duties multiply and compete until every day feels like a race to get things done. [...]

For anyone committed to holistic health, surgery can feel like the specter of doom. After all, it's the ultimate medical intervention--and there's nothing natural about it. Whether you're going for [...]

I have cancer. You do, too. But don't panic. I'm not talking about the disease. Rather, I'm talking about the random cancer cells that regularly pop up in your body [...]

(ANDREW WEIL, M.D.) For many Americans, Andrew Weil is the face of natural health. A longtime advocate for alternative and traditional healing, he popularized the phrase 'integrative medicine.' He is [...]

We all know someone who has a food allergy--pals who burst into welts at the sight of a shrimp, family members who bloat up if one drop of dairy sneaks [...]

My dad had his first heart attack at age 46, and quadruple bypass surgery at 48. His father dropped dead at age 54. Every limb of my family tree is [...]

Brace yourself for a controversial claim: We are all--even the most devout vegans among us--designed to eat other animals. Many people would argue--vehemently--that a vegan diet is a healthier one [...]

You walk into the room, scissors in hand, then stop and wonder: What am I doing here? You look into the face of a co-worker-the same one you've seen every [...]

If you're an allergy sufferer, you might well embrace autumn as your favorite season. The flaming trees, the golden fields, the cooling temperatures and the dropping leaves signal a move [...]

Utter the word 'salutation' to most yoga practitioners and they'll drop onto the mat to do umpteen repetitions of Sun Salutes, aka Surya Namaskar. The sequence--usually some variation of Upward-Facing [...]

Making the decision to live a healthier, happier and greener life is no small thing. It means looking at every part of yourself, your life and your home through a [...]

at 44 I feel like an old woman. I'm bothered by aches and pains. I have trouble remembering things. My digestive system is becoming evermore cranky. Plus, I am exhausted [...]

Everyone knows how to lose weight. The formula is simple and has been well communicated to all of us: burn more calories than you eat each day. That's right--eat a [...]

Are you reading this--or doing anything else besides sleeping--in the middle of the night? If so, you have plenty of company out there. One in 10 Americans suffer from chronic [...]

BY MOST MEASURES, Andrea Gaines, 42, had it all going on: good looks, a successful career, a happy family and a healthy lifestyle. Yet, something was nagging at her, disturbing [...]

I've always been a big supporter of Community Supported Agriculture. I fully embrace the notion that the diversity of fresh, organic, seasonal produce found in a weekly CSA box promotes [...]

Your doctor knows the keys to preventing heart disease, and chances are so do you. They are straightforward and well publicized: eat a healthy diet, exercise often and reduce your [...]

MANAGING THE MONTHLY CYCLE of hormonal ups and downs--mood swings, headaches, menstrual cramps, assorted energy drains--drives many of us to reach routinely for ibuprofen, antidepressants, sleeping pills, and other drugs [...]

IF YOU RUN TO THE DOCTOR or pop a pill for every stomach cramp, cough, or sniffle, you lose the ability to care for yourself,' says Rosemary Gladstar, founder of [...]

I'M ONE OF NEARLY 30 MILLION Americans who suffer from the painful, disorienting, and life-disrupting headaches known as migraines. No matter what else is going on in my day, I'm [...]

lose weight if it's impossible to slim down despite your best efforts, your problem may be fructose. This simple sugar occurs naturally in fruits, sweet vegetables, and honey, but is [...]

Hormones are like a roller coaster. * Their monthly ups and downs can leave you feeling exhilarated then irritable, energized then exhausted. * If you're not in tune with them, [...]

Nobody wants to grow old--the aging process is hard on everyone. In America, it's downright brutal, says Andrew Weil, M.D., because we associate worth with youth. 'The idea that the [...]

AMY LELAND HEMPHILL, a 36-year-old filmmaker and director living in New York City, has always been fit. * She's an avid cyclist who regularly participates in multi-day rides. * She [...]

The preparation of a birth-plan is advocated with the caution that unexpected events at the actual time of delivery could render it useless.

ALL WOMEN HAVE YEAST. It's all around us: in the air, on our skin, in our digestive tracts, and in our--well, our delicate female areas. The parasitic strain of yeast [...]

FOR SHARYN BELKIN LOCKE 41 it began with a recurring stomachache. 'Every time I ate, I'd feel pain in my upper abdominal area, right under my diaphragm,' she remembers. 'I [...]

5 Bliss boosters Need a pick-me-up? Reach for one of these natural mood lifters. 1 STINGING NETTLE (Urtica dioica) Stinging nettle made its rep as an anti-allergy herb. But it's [...]

Ever feel like a workout schizophrenic? Krav Maga class was so much fun yesterday; today, you absolutely hate it. Last week's yoga session was so fulfilling, but now you re [...]