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  • 20-Minute Morning Yoga for the Full-Body Stretch That You Need

    Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Those days when you wake up with tension, tightness, or stiffness anywhere in your body, this 20-minute morning yoga session can bring you relief. The all-levels, full-body practice is designed to stretch you…

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  • Weekly Horoscope, March 23-29, 2025: Dancing Toward Your Destiny

    Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. It’s a week of insights and surrender, openings and inspiration. There are two primary zodiac influences present—Aries and Pisces. As both Mercury and Venus retrograde surrender themselves to Pisces, Mercury meets its cazimi…

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  • Think You Can’t Meditate? These 7 Hacks Show You How Simple It Can Be.

    Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. If you’ve tried meditation, you know it can be challenging. If you haven’t tried meditation, there’s probably a reason for that. Learning how to meditate can seem intimidating, boring, even as if it’s…

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  • First Look: Danner N45

    Nothing challenges a shoe like thru-hiking a long trail. On the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, you need the Goldilocks of hiking footwear: comfortable, breathable, lightweight, and durable. If that sounds like a tall order, it’s because it is, and most thru-hikers compromise by choosing comfort over durability, using trail runners that need to be replaced…

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  • What March’s Solar Eclipse and New Moon in Aries Mean for You

    Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. The upcoming solar eclipse and new Moon in Aries is a powerful portal of revelation and release. This partial solar eclipse in bold, brave Aries marks both an ending and a beginning and…

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  • 3 Best Yoga Towels That Give You Extra Grip (And Sop Up Sweat)

    Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Hot yoga classes (and, at times, even non-heated practices) often call for an unsung accessory: the yoga towel. Extra for some, essential for others, the right towel can soak up your sweat, prevent…

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  • Yoga Teachers, You May Want to Reconsider These Cues

    Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. In yoga teacher training, I was taught to give students cues in the form of commands. For years, I obeyed this directive when leading classes. Not only did I tell students exactly what…

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  • Self-love, self-kindness, and non-self

    Some wrote to me recently and asked two questions, which boiled down to: Did the Buddha teach self-love? Is loving yourself contrary to seeing through the illusion of self? There was a third question, but it was a little quirky, and so I’ll deal with it at the end. First, I explained that these days…

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  • Keep your feet on the ground with mindful news consumption

    A friend of mine recently went on a trip to visit a friend and to do some sightseeing. The effects of this on her mental health were amazing — and she ascribes much of the benefit of that to having spent less time imbibing the news. Actually, imbibing isn’t the right word. Right now, taking…

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  • Self-compassion for troubling times

    At the moment lot of people are suffering more than usual. They are anxious, exhausted, and overwhelmed about the awful things going on in the world. They’re often glued to the news and steeped in the commentary that takes place on social media, their amygdalas on overdrive and their endocrine systems jangling with adrenaline. I…

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