YOGA Magazine

YOGA Magazine, founded in February 2003 by the internationally renowned Yogi Maharaj Dr Malik, is the UK's first and most recognised yoga publication. Over 20 years, it has grown into a leading brand in yoga, health, and natural living, with a dedicated readership seeking better health and wellbeing through yoga and an organic lifestyle. Each 100-page monthly issue blends expert advice, yoga poses and sequences, natural beauty tips, travel features, and exclusive interviews with global icons. It also explores yoga philosophy, nutrition, and wellness retreats, offering inspiration for holistic living. The magazine connects readers to a vibrant community through its engaging content and interactive Yoga Directory. As a dynamic marketing platform, YOGA Magazine caters to an affluent, health-conscious audience, offering advertisers impactful opportunities to reach this niche demographic. With its modern, chic approach, YOGA Magazine continues to inspire a lifestyle of balance, mindfulness, and vitality.

Editor’s Letter • Dear YOGA Magazine Readers, Coming home to ourselves

Upside Down Stronger Than Ever • Pregnancy is often seen as a time to step back from demanding physical practice. Yet for Swedish handstand and Rocket Yoga teacher Josefin Strid, it became a period of remarkable strength and adaptation. Rather than giving up her inversion practice, she continued to train mindfully throughout her pregnancy, achieving her first two-minute freestanding handstand at 28 weeks and maintaining a near-daily practice well into her third trimester. Now, eight weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Lilly-Maj, by Caesarean section, Josefin reflects on the adaptations she made, the role of yoga and breathwork in preparing for birth, and how learning to trust her body allowed her practice to evolve rather than diminish during one of life's most transformative journeys.

THE NERVOUS SYSTEM RESET • Yoga and Nutrition for Stress, Cortisol and Burnout

THE YOGA CORRECTION • How Modern Practice Drifted from Its Roots — and How to Find the Way Back

YOU ARE STILL ALLOWED TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

YOGA, ANGELS AND THE NEW HUMAN • How Ancient Wisdom, Consciousness and Self-Remembering Can Help Us Navigate a Changing World

YOGA BEYOND THE MYTHS • Yoga is for Everybody and Every Body

THE HEART OF YOGA • How the Yogasūtra-s Remained TKV Desikachar's Greatest Lifelong Companion

Ariel's Adventures in the Chine • The Girl in Blue and the Spirits of the Bay

Ancient Practices for Hormonal Balance and Reproductive Health • Sanatan Kriya which is a yogic Kriya brings one in a state of balance. It is taught world wide free of cost.

RAQUEL ORTIZ WHERE TANTRA BECOMES A PORTAL • A holistic sexual therapist and family constellations facilitator, healer, and Shamanic guide, Raquel Ortiz speaks of portals, codes, and embodied transformation as a devotional path shaped by mystery, memory, and love.

The Art That Refuses to Be Sold • The Art That Refuses to Be Sold is the Art That Chooses to Be Remembered.

THE SCIENCE OF STILLNESS • WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BRAIN DURING MEDITATION?

Ageing Well is a Yoga Practice On and Off the Mat • Yoga doesn't end when class finishes

UNDERNEATH THE CALM • What Yoga May Be Doing to the Nervous System

Ask Yogi Maharaj

The Kundalini Memoirs of a Yogi • An account of how the life force power of Kundalini bestows many Siddhis and Blessings

SEPTEMBER What's HOT!

Vedic Astrology • September arrives like a quiet mantra, inviting remembrance rather than new beginnings. Where August cultivated order, September transforms it into lived wisdom, encouraging us to sustain what we have already nurtured. As the light softens and nature begins its inward turn, we are called to gather...