Gov. Robert F. McDonnell signed a bill last night that would protect yoga schools in Virginia from being regulated by the State Council for Higher Education, which oversees other vocational trainings. Some people view this as a legal victory; others think state regulation would benefit students in teacher training programs. What do you think?

California Pacific Medical Center is honoring one of our beloved yoga
teachers. CPMC’s Institute for Health & Healing  has selected Matthew Sanford as the recipient of its Pioneer in Integrative Medicine award.
When Matthew was 13, a car accident took the lives of his sister and
father and paralyzed much of his body. Luckily, he found yoga in [...]

A few weeks ago, the YJ staff got a special treat when MC Yogi and Amanda Giacomini stopped by our offices to teach our daily staff yoga class. We don’t usually practice with music here in the offices–mostly because our yoga room is also our conference room and isn’t really set up with a sound [...]

If you missed last year’s Wanderlust Festival, this year you’ll have a second opportunity to enjoy a weekend of yoga and music in Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe, CA from July 29 – August 1, 2010.
This year’s yoga line-up includes Shiva Rea, Seane Corn, Baron Baptiste, Doug Swenson, Duncan Wong, Elena Brower, and Schuyler Grant, [...]

Some people thought it was a stretch that yogis have started including their dogs in some classes. But now animal lovers have even found a way to share the practice with their barn-dwelling four legged friends. That’s right! Yoga for horses!
Tucson yogi Gloria Hester uses her expertise in yoga, horses, and Hanna Somatics to help [...]

If you’ve ever flipped through an issue of Yoga Journal, and thought, “I wish someone would read this to me so I could get on my mat and practice along,” you’re going to be really excited about our newest feature.
LiveMag will be your destination for multimedia versions of your favorite magazine columns and features. [...]

I loved this post from Chicagonow.com’s BrokeAss Blog about how to get your yoga in without emptying your wallet. Of course, the suggestions are specifically for the Chicago area, but I think we can take their ideas and make them work no matter where you live. Yoga is expensive if you’re willing to pay the [...]

Long time yoga blogger, YogaDawg, announced yesterday that he is calling it quits to pursue his passion for painting.
For years his blog, My Itchy Third Eye, and website, YogaDawg.com, have provided us with hilarious yoga satire that  reminded us not to take our yoga too seriously.
We’ll miss you, YogaDawg! You are a true [...]

Today, The New York Times City Room blog posted that Bryn Chrisman, a vinyasa flow yoga teacher in New
York City, will be responding to readers’ questions “about her path to
yoga, her current job, her practice, kirtan and other matters of
interest.”
I think anything like this that gives yoga teachers exposure and lets
them explain their story [...]

If you’ve ever had a sleepless night, you know how frustrating it can be to lay in bed wide awake, mind spinning or body aching, when all you want to do is sleep. Insomnia affects 54 percent of adults in the United States at one time or another. Luckily, studies have shown that yoga can [...]