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A Week in the Wilderness: In Wyoming backcountry I saw mountain peaks, marshy meadows, grazing elk, and real-life cowboys. But nothing was more remarkable than what I saw inside.
A Yogi's Dessert: Satisfy your sweet tooth with kheer—a creamy rice pudding delicately flavored with saffron, cardamom, and nuts.
A Yogi’s Grace: Bhagavad Gita 4.24.
Accentuate the Positive: A journaling practice from Amy Ippoliti.
An Unconventional Ambassador: Once a refugee, now a leader, Kalpana Mistry has made her way to a humanitarian career rich in meaning.
Anusara's Optimist: An Interview with Amy Ippoliti.
Art of Observation: Learn how to start a nature journal.
Awakening The Artist: Tap into higher inspiration and refine your artistic skills with yogic tools and teachings that empower creative expression
Bean Dreams and Vital Pulses: The dried seeds of legumes—beans, peas, and their lentil cousins—fill important needs for vegetarians.
Bhagavad Gita: Star of Film and Stage: The ancient Sanskrit text about the art of life gives life to contemporary art.
Chai Time: One of India’s most beloved pick-me-ups, chai (spiced milk mixed with black tea) is becoming a mainstay in yoga communities around the world. Why?
Cirque du Yoga: Cirque du Soleil is more than shock-value entertainment; its performances are also transcendent, otherworldly, full of hope.
Coming Back from Activist Burnout: After so many setbacks, how can eco-activists find the heart to carry on? Here, YI asks scholar and activist Joanna Macy about courage and the value of “deep ecology.”
Crunchy Granola : Make a classic breakfast well. Natural sweetness meets rich texture in our favorite house granola.
Deborah Madison: Cycling Through Ages and Stages : Former head monk, monastery cook, and restaurant pioneer, the world-renowned cookbook author talks about what’s next.
Does It Pass the Test?: Can the wisdom and practice of this ancient tradition create an inner light within America’s urban schools, giving at-risk kids a yoga advantage? We go inside two schools for answers.
Eco-Conscious Nesting with Seane Corn: A renowned yoga activist finds a sustainable haven to call home.
Energy Farming: A New Life for Africa: Healing a Heart: The Himalayan Institute launches the world’s first School of Energy Farming in Africa, sowing the seeds of social and environmental regeneration.
Every Story, a Life: Edward Serotta’s online oral history project, which records the memories of elderly Jews, lets all of us—and generations to come—share in a rich and lively world on the brink of vanishing.
Food Karma: Beyond Organic: A Special Report on the Ethics of Food Choice
For Travelers Yearning to Fly Green: Are carbon offsets a way to get flying back on the side of the angels?
Free from a Sense of Duty: Shiva Rea talks about how she brings her practice into every part of her day—and life.
Guilt-Free Comfort Food: Relive your childhood memories with healthy vegan-friendly versions of three American classics.
Hope and Healing: A trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness program helps over 700 women cultivate self-confidence, clarity, and peace.
Hoping for a Baby: One Woman’s Story.
Hot Spiced Cranberry Cider: A heartfelt take on a seasonal classic.
How to Prepare Ghee: Promote ageless health and vitality by preparing meals with ghee.
Inner Listening: Discover your Heartfelt Desire.
Into the Abyss: Sometimes the only way to surmount our fear is to take a sky-high leap of faith.
Keen on Quinoa: Quinoa gets a lift from crisp summer veggies in this simple, satisfying salad.
Keep The Home Fires Burning: Stoke your energy with warming foods from Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Kundalini's Queen: A conversation with the Queen of Kundalini
Lost in Transformation: A pilgrim journeys to sacred Tibetan land, but falls short of enlightenment.
Major League Baseball Goes Green: Watch Allen Hershkowitz green the ballpark, and get more NRDC tips.
Making Friends With Your Body: Yoga can help you learn to love and accept yourself, but only if you embrace the true meaning of the practice.
No Yama, No Yoga: At 68, Dharma Mittra can still do most of the postures he modeled in 1984 for his famous poster. But he insists that “fancy poses” miss the point if students ignore yoga’s ethical rules.
Off the Mat, Into the World: Yoga International Exclusives
Outdoor Education - A Trail Guide to Mindfulness: Six simple but powerful steps help you nurture your connection with nature and awaken to calm, clarity, and enchanted wonder.
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait with the Dalai Lama: Video of the Dalai Lama's address in January 2001 at the Maha Kumbha Mela in Allahabad, India.
Perfect Paneer: Learn how to make paneer in four easy steps.
Playlist: Wanderlust 2011: Wanderlust has rocked the country with diverse musical performances, including kirtan-inspired hip-hop and beat-boxing, to jazz and more.
Preview: Arjuna's Dilemma: Listen to clips from the opera Arjuna’s Dilemma, a musical marriage of East and West based on the Bhagavad Gita, written by Douglas J. Cuomo. The sound, like the Gita, transcends time and place.
Profile: Ben Burkett: Meet a family farmer in Mississippi who is part of the growing movement for a healthy, sustainable food system.
Red Hot Mama: What motherhood taught one longtime practitioner about the true nature of yoga.
Savory Squash Soup: Invite the pleasures of fall indoors with a nutritious golden bowl of squash soup.
Simple Sprouting for Summer: It’s time for another look at the health-food store’s mainstay. You can try this at home!
Stinging Nettles: Prized by foragers, the saw-toothed leaves (and stems) of the stinging nettle are nutrient-rich.
Taste of Morocco: Destined to delight, this autumn vegetable tagine adds a contemporary twist to a traditional favorite.
The Case for Banning the Bulb: What can one person do to save the planet? A surprising amount, we find. Read on to see what and how.
The Contemplative Camera: A Buddhist school of photography produces arresting photos of everyday life—using the simplest mechanics of a camera.
The Future of Bees: Author Rowan Jacobsen explains how the disappearance of the world’s honeybee population puts the food we eat at risk—and what we can do to help.
The Godfather of Greening: When professional sports teams, the Academy Awards, or Broadway want to reduce their environmental toll, they turn to a Gandhi-inspired pragmatist.
The Good Black Magic That Could Save the Earth: Terra Preta: Literally "dark earth," Amazonian terra preta has un-pretty names like biochar and agrichar—but by any name this ancient, mysterious substance is an exciting and powerful tool to reduce greenhouse gases.
The Good Food Revolution: Industrialized food harms the earth and our bodies. Thankfully, there’s a wave of passionate innovators who are growing a healthier food culture, one radish at a time.
The Jigsaw Chronicles: A longtime meditator discovers unexpected spiritual insights scattered among the puzzle pieces.
The Simple Pleasures of Summer: The glory of being outdoors, the loosening up of routines, the delicious tastes all bring a sweetness to life unmatched by any other season.
The YI Playlist: Listen to our favorite kirtan selections.
Tips for the Road: Want to appreciate the pleasures of travel while avoiding many of the discomforts? Try out ayurveda’s bag of tricks.
Trees Are the Ark That Can Save Us: The earth's climate is a finely balanced dynamic system. Excess carbon emissions are about to rip it over. Here's what we know that can rescue our world.
Turn Your Home into a Sanctuary: Design trends come and go, but the time-honored techniques of Vastu (the yogic theory of design) are here to stay. Create the home of your dreams with inspiring tips from our Vastu expert.
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme: Bach's 1731 cantata, "Sleepers, Wake."
Walking with God: Having practiced yoga for nearly a century, Professor Shri Narayan Agnihotri (“Chachaji”) reflects on the beauty of a simple life.
When You Can't Go 100% Organic: Even if you can’t afford to buy everything local and organic, the Environmental Working Group, a watchdog and research nonprofit, has identified the “dirty dozen”—those fruits and veggies that contain the highest amounts of pesticides
Wisdom of the Forest: Spirituality, geopolitics, myth, and climate change converge in the forest. An eminent eco-crusader explains why we must reevaluate our relationship with trees.
YI Playlist: Bonus Tracks: More of our favorite kirtan selections.
Yoga International Cooking Show: Learn to make recipes from our kitchen.
Yoga Rock Stars: Devotional chanting, a centuries-old practice in India, is newly in vogue in the West. It even has its very own…
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