The Saraswati Mantra (Wisdom Mantra) is a tribute to Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom, and nature. She represents intelligence, consciousness, cosmic knowledge, creativity, education, enlightenment, music, the arts, eloquence, and power. This meditation is designed to help you tap into your inner goddess, wisdom, and light. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.
May 28, 2021•11 min
Kriya yoga is all about purifying your consciousness, says ISHTA yoga founder Alan Finger, and from there, meditation becomes easy. “You’re able to sit and do nothing, which is remarkable,” he says. “Because when you’re doing nothing, you’re actually tuning in to unbound, universal intelligence. That’s when inspiration, intuition, and insight come to us.” This meditation will help you access samadhi — or total absorption in meditation and the state of oneness. For more practices like this from w...
May 21, 2021•17 min•Ep. 47
How many times have you paused to truly imagine what it may be like to live out your dreams? When it comes to manifestation, the first step is sensing how what you want feels in your body—and meditation through dance is a powerful way to help you embody those goals, says Sahara Rose, yoga teacher, author, and podcast host. Here, Sahara shows you how to manifest your desires through ecstatic dance. Get ready to drop your inhibitions and flow with your body. This podcast is sponsored by the Teen Y...
May 14, 2021•11 min•Ep. 46
This week on the Practice, meditation teacher and podcast host Rosie Acosta teaches a 10-minute, breath-centric meditation that calls on the power of the moon to heal your body, nourish your energy, and create a deep sense of ease. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.
May 07, 2021•11 min•Ep. 45
This week on the Practice, Kundalini teacher and author Karena Virginia teaches a 3-minute breathwork and chanting exercise to help you tap into your inherent abundance and prosperity. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.
Apr 30, 2021•9 min•Ep. 44
This week on the Practice, yoga teacher, author, and holistic health coach Leah Cullis teaches a five-minute breathwork exercise to clear out unwanted thoughts and help you cultivate new awareness of the energy moving through you—to help you get, and stay, present. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.
Apr 23, 2021•7 min•Ep. 44
This week on the Practice, yoga teacher and breath coach Janet Stone teaches a 5-minute meditation for embracing life’s ebbs and flows. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.
Apr 16, 2021•7 min•Ep. 43
This week on the Practice. Bestselling author and spiritual and meditation teacher Kimberly Snyder teaches an 8-minute meditation for accessing creativity. Kimberly is the three-time New York Times bestselling author and founder of the holistic lifestyle brand Solluna. She hosts the top-rated Feel Good Podcast, which airs on the Podcast One network. Kimberly is also a certified yoga instructor, nutritionist, and an Ayurvedic practitioner. For more meditations from Kimberly, and to learn more abo...
Apr 09, 2021•11 min
This week on the Practice, Colleen Saidman Yee, yoga teacher and author of Yoga For Life, teaches a 5-minute meditation for inner peace to help you access a loving vibration that transcends all feelings of separateness. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.
Apr 02, 2021•7 min•Ep. 41
This week on the Practice, bestselling author Deepak Chopra leads us through a 20-minute meditation on the Law of Pure Potentiality, sometimes called the Law of Unity. This doctrine says that the core of our being is pure awareness—it is the place of all possibilities. There is no separation between you and the divine energy of the universe. You are not the sum of your mind and body. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.c...
Mar 26, 2021•21 min•Ep. 40
This week on the Practice, meditation and hypnosis expert Mark Stevens guides us through a 25-minute hypnotherapy session for healing past trauma. You’re encouraged to follow along with this practice—as long as you’re not operating machinery. When we experience trauma, we can get stuck in a cycle of reliving it in our minds, which causes negative energy to be stored in the body. Today’s hypnosis is meant to help you release. For more practices like this world-renowned yoga teachers, join our mem...
Mar 19, 2021•24 min•Ep. 40
Although the in and out breath have different effects on your mind and body, the quality of each helps bring out the best in the other. That’s why a deep exhalation is important: A release is required in order to usher in oxygenated blood during the inhalation, which gives us a boost of vitality. Here, Tias Little, founder of Prajna Yoga and author of Yoga of the Subtle Body, shares a moving practice to help you facilitate full release on the exhalation. Want to develop better breath awareness a...
Mar 12, 2021•6 min•Ep. 38
This week on the Practice, Cyndi Lee, renowned yoga teacher and founder of OM Yoga, teaches a daily intention to start living and leading from the heart. Words carry intention and plant seeds. That’s why taking a moment to practice this dedication daily will help shift things in your life to open you up to love and abundance. Ready to move deeper into vinyasa and build a practice that will support you for decades to come? Join Cyndi’s online course, Slow Flow: Sustainable Vinyasa Yoga for Life, ...
Mar 05, 2021•9 min
This week on the Practice — Alan Finger and Sarah Platt-Finger, co-founders of ISHTA Yoga — teach a 4-minute breathing meditation for clearing your throat chakra to communicate with clarity and truth. Want to learn how to access and align your chakras to live and practice more effortlessly and gracefully? Join Alan and Sarah’s 4-week course at yogajournal.com/courses. Congrats! Yoga Journal has invited you to become a Premium Member in Get Healthy U TV today, with this exclusive deal! You'll get...
Feb 19, 2021•9 min
This week on the Practice, Author and spiritual coach Lalah Delia leads us through a 12-minute meditation for finding joy and self-gratitude and to radiate light and love. For more practices like this world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.
Feb 12, 2021•14 min
This week on the Practice, Alicia C. Easter—LA yoga teacher and cohost of the What Are You Bringing Podcast—guides us through a 16-minute self-compassion chakra meditation that emphasizes kindness, love, abundance, and trusting your truth. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.
Feb 05, 2021•19 min•Ep. 37
This week on the Practice, Richard Miller—psychologist, author, and founder of iRest Institute—teaches an 11-minute meditation for experiencing innate wholeness. Through guided visualization and awareness techniques, you’ll be reacquainted to what it feels like to just be -- cultivating an ever-present tool you can use to experience deep relaxation and profound healing at any time. For more practices like this and to study emotional resilience with Richard, visit yogajournal.com/courses.
Jan 29, 2021•14 min•Ep. 35
This week on the Practice, Richard Miller—psychologist, author, and founder of iRest Institute—teaches a 10-minute meditation for working with challenging emotions. At times, feelings such as anger, anxiety, sadness, or grief can feel overpowering. Through meditation, you can build skills to enhance a sense of control. Through this practice, you'll gain new perspectives and practice meeting your emotions and truly feeling them—helping you cultivate the ability to weather through even the most ch...
Jan 21, 2021•13 min•Ep. 34
This week on The Practice, Mary Beth LaRue, a vinyasa yoga teacher and cofounder of the Rock Your Bliss coaching program, teaches a Root Chakra Practice to Get Grounded and Present. When your Root Chakra is in harmony, you feel at home in your body and at ease in your daily life. For more practices like this and to study with Mary Beth, visit yogajournal.com/courses.
Jan 15, 2021•6 min
Our breath is the vehicle for prana, the vital life force that animates our entire reality, says Tracee Stanley, meditation and Yoga Nidra teacher and author of Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation & Awakened Clarity, who this week, teaches a 6-Minute Practice to help you develop awareness of, and sensitivity to, this life force. Using the mantra So Hum, meaning "I Am That", this meditation is designed to help you tap into the magic of your breath and bring your practice -- and your ...
Jan 08, 2021•8 min•Ep. 33
This week on The Practice, Dr. Gail Parker—psychologist, educator, and author of Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma—teaches a 9-Minute Guided Savasana for restful sleep. Often the most stressful parts of not being able to fall asleep is the stressful awareness that we are still awake, which makes the odds of drifting off even more elusive. “If you can’t sleep, don’t panic,” says Dr. Parker. “Getting into a Restorative Yoga pose not only evokes our nervous system’s relax...
Jan 01, 2021•12 min•Ep. 32
This week on The Practice, Pamela Stokes Eggleston, cofounder of Retreat to Spirit and the founder and director of Yoga2Sleep shares a 16-minute practice for addressing trauma through gentle movement and a relaxing 4-7-8 breath. For more practices like this and to create a self-care routine that works for you, study with Pamela Stokes Eggleston at yogajournal.com/courses.
Dec 25, 2020•18 min•Ep. 31
This week on The Practice, Sally Kempton, a former swami in a Vedic tradition and the best-selling author of mediation and Tantra books, teaches a 16-minute Central Channel breathing practice will help you cultivate awareness of subtle energy. For more practices like this and to study Tantra with Sally Kempton, visit yogajournal.com/courses.
Dec 18, 2020•17 min•Ep. 30
This week on The Practice… Chelsea Jackson Roberts, Peloton yoga teacher, scholar, and lululemon global ambassador, teaches a visualization that can help you meditate on what it means to be of service to your community, and how to stay strong amid trauma and transformation. For more practices like this and to study with Chelsea Jackson Roberts, visit yogajournal.com/courses.
Dec 11, 2020•7 min•Ep. 29
This week on The Practice, Amina Naru, cofounder of Retreat to Spirit and the founder and director of Posh Yoga, shares her 22-minute morning self-care routine, including Ujjayi Pranayama, or victorious breathing, gentle movement, and meditation. This combination of practices is designed to help you set a foundation of calmness as you start your day. For more practices like this and to create a self-care routine that works for you, study with Amina Naru at yogajournal.com/courses.
Dec 07, 2020•27 min•Ep. 28
In this 16-minute practice, Sally Kempton, a former swami in a Vedic tradition and the best-selling author of mediation and Tantra books, teaches a breathing practice may begin to reveal that the vastness of the universe can be experienced as a part of your own awareness. To study with Sally, take her six-week online education course with Yoga Journal: Tantra 101.
Nov 26, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 27
This week on The Practice, Chelsea Jackson Roberts (@chelsealovesyoga), Peloton yoga teacher, scholar, and lululemon global ambassador, teaches a 32-minute Yoga Nidra practice for full-body relaxation. Get all of the props you need to stay warm and comfortable. Study more with Chelsea in her six-week online course with Yoga Journal: Inclusivity Training
Nov 20, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 25
This week on The Practice, Pamela Stokes Eggleston, cofounder of Retreat to Spirit and the founder and director of Yoga2Sleep, shares her 17-minute evening self-care routine, including three-part yogic breathing, restorative movement, and loving-kindness meditation. This combination of practices will help you get a good night’s sleep. To study more with Pamela, take her six-week online course with Yoga Journal: Yoga for Self-Care.
Nov 13, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 24
This week on The Practice, Amina Naru, cofounder of Retreat to Spirit and the founder and director of Posh Yoga, shares a 25-minute self-care routine for letting go, including energizing Breath of Fire, or Kalabhati Pranayama, and movement that builds some heat. Study with Amina in her Yoga Journal course: Yoga for Self-Care with Amina Naru and Pamela Stokes Eggleston.
Oct 30, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 23
This week on the Practice, Sally Kempton, a former swami in a Vedic tradition and the best-selling author of mediation and Tantra books, teaches a 6-minute mantra practice. Hamsa, meaning I Am That, is a fundamental mantra that flows into your heart and helps you invoke your true self. To study more with Sally, take her Tantra 101 class with Yoga Journal.
Oct 23, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 22
