By  KELLS MCPHILLIPS As a newbie rock climber, I’m quickly learning that the physical strength required to scale a cliff is no joke. Give me a yoga mat and I’ll handstand and chaturanga to my heart (and muscle’s) content. Which is why it was an exercise...

By Elinor Fish,  Before discovering mindful running, I spent two decades logging miles under the guiding principle that “more is better” until my body became too broken and exhausted to push any farther. Mindful running has become my favorite tool for...

BY ANNA HIATT Old patterns can feel impossible to escape, but with practice, you can make a shift. Even a couple minutes of these techniques from yoga teacher Tatiana Forero Puerta can help to calm your sympathetic nervous system (associated with...

BY ANDREW HEFFERNAN  For many of us, stretching is like flossing — tedious but necessary. When someone helps you stretch, however, it can change the equation altogether. “Humans are social animals,” says Los Angeles–based yoga and martial-arts instructor Steven Schilling. “Helping...