The Saraswati Mantra (Wisdom Mantra) is a tribute to Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom, and nature. She represents intelligence, consciousness, cosmic knowledge, creativity, education, enlightenment, music, the arts, eloquence, and power. This meditation is designed to help you tap into your inner goddess, wisdom, and light. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

Kriya yoga is all about purifying your consciousness, says ISHTA yoga founder Alan Finger, and from there, meditation becomes easy. “You’re able to sit and do nothing, which is remarkable,” he says. “Because when you’re doing nothing, you’re actually tuning in to unbound, universal intelligence. That’s when inspiration, intuition, and insight come to us.” This meditation will help you access samadhi — or total absorption in meditation and the state of oneness. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

How many times have you paused to truly imagine what it may be like to live out your dreams? When it comes to manifestation, the first step is sensing how what you want feels in your body—and meditation through dance is a powerful way to help you embody those goals, says Sahara Rose, yoga teacher, author, and podcast host. Here, Sahara shows you how to manifest your desires through ecstatic dance. Get ready to drop your inhibitions and flow with your body. This podcast is sponsored by the Teen Yoga Foundation, which runs a regular, highly acclaimed and accredited online course for anyone wanting to share yoga with teenagers. The foundation exists to empower young people to commit to radical self-care through yoga. The aim of the foundation is to create a more harmonious and grounded generation through yoga both off and on the mat. Find out more about them by visiting their website – teenyogafoundation.com. The Teen Yoga Foundation exists to empower young people to look after their mental health through yoga on and off the mat. Their main activity is training professionals in this skill through their highly acclaimed online course. They have over 17 years of experience in educating, research, and outreach—and are accredited by Yoga Alliance USA, UK, Australia, and Internationally. +For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

This week on the Practice, meditation teacher and podcast host Rosie Acosta teaches a 10-minute, breath-centric meditation that calls on the power of the moon to heal your body, nourish your energy, and create a deep sense of ease. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

This week on the Practice, Kundalini teacher and author Karena Virginia teaches a 3-minute breathwork and chanting exercise to help you tap into your inherent abundance and prosperity. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

This week on the Practice, yoga teacher, author, and holistic health coach Leah Cullis teaches a five-minute breathwork exercise to clear out unwanted thoughts and help you cultivate new awareness of the energy moving through you—to help you get, and stay, present. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

This week on the Practice, yoga teacher and breath coach Janet Stone teaches a 5-minute meditation for embracing life’s ebbs and flows. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

This week on the Practice. Bestselling author and spiritual and meditation teacher Kimberly Snyder teaches an 8-minute meditation for accessing creativity.  Kimberly is the three-time New York Times bestselling author and founder of the holistic lifestyle brand Solluna. She hosts the top-rated Feel Good Podcast, which airs on the Podcast One network. Kimberly is also a certified yoga instructor, nutritionist, and an Ayurvedic practitioner.  For more meditations from Kimberly, and to learn more about what Solluna has to offer, check out her new Solluna by Kimberly Snyder app. Search for it in the app store or on Google play.

This week on the Practice, Colleen Saidman Yee, yoga teacher and author of Yoga For Life, teaches a 5-minute meditation for inner peace to help you access a loving vibration that transcends all feelings of separateness. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

This week on the Practice, bestselling author Deepak Chopra leads us through a 20-minute meditation on the Law of Pure Potentiality, sometimes called the Law of Unity.  This doctrine says that the core of our being is pure awareness—it is the place of all possibilities. There is no separation between you and the divine energy of the universe. You are not the sum of your mind and body. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

This week on the Practice, meditation and hypnosis expert Mark Stevens guides us through a 25-minute hypnotherapy session for healing past trauma. You’re encouraged to follow along with this practice—as long as you’re not operating machinery.   When we experience trauma, we can get stuck in a cycle of reliving it in our minds, which causes negative energy to be stored in the body. Today’s hypnosis is meant to help you release.  For more practices like this world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

Although the in and out breath have different effects on your mind and body, the quality of each helps bring out the best in the other. That’s why a deep exhalation is important: A release is required in order to usher in oxygenated blood during the inhalation, which gives us a boost of vitality. Here, Tias Little, founder of Prajna Yoga and author of Yoga of the Subtle Body, shares a moving practice to help you facilitate full release on the exhalation. Want to develop better breath awareness and learn breath-manipulation techniques that will transform your practice? Join Pranayama 101 at yogajournal.com/courses

This week on the Practice, Cyndi Lee, renowned yoga teacher and founder of OM Yoga, teaches a daily intention to start living and leading from the heart. Words carry intention and plant seeds. That’s why taking a moment to practice this dedication daily will help shift things in your life to open you up to love and abundance. Ready to move deeper into vinyasa and build a practice that will support you for decades to come? Join Cyndi’s online course, Slow Flow: Sustainable Vinyasa Yoga for Life, at yogajournal.com/courses. Congrats! Yoga Journal has invited you to become a Premium Member in Get Healthy U TV today, with this exclusive deal! You'll get a WHOLE YEAR of access to our streaming yoga classes, workouts, fitness videos, and workout calendars, with 24/7 access to our professional trainers for ONLY $3 (normally $69)! Visit GetHealthyVideos.com. 

This week on the Practice — Alan Finger and Sarah Platt-Finger, co-founders of ISHTA Yoga — teach a 4-minute breathing meditation for clearing your throat chakra to communicate with clarity and truth. Want to learn how to access and align your chakras to live and practice more effortlessly and gracefully? Join Alan and Sarah’s 4-week course at yogajournal.com/courses. Congrats! Yoga Journal has invited you to become a Premium Member in Get Healthy U TV today, with this exclusive deal! You'll get a WHOLE YEAR of access to our streaming yoga classes, workouts, fitness videos, and workout calendars, with 24/7 access to our professional trainers for ONLY $3 (normally $69)! Visit GetHealthyVideos.com 

This week on the Practice, Author and spiritual coach Lalah Delia leads us through a 12-minute meditation for finding joy and self-gratitude and to radiate light and love. For more practices like this world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

This week on the Practice, Alicia C. Easter—LA yoga teacher and cohost of the What Are You Bringing Podcast—guides us through a 16-minute self-compassion chakra meditation that emphasizes kindness, love, abundance, and trusting your truth. For more practices like this from world-renowned yoga teachers, join our members-only experience at yogajournal.com/activepass.

This week on the Practice, Richard Miller—psychologist, author, and founder of iRest Institute—teaches an 11-minute meditation for experiencing innate wholeness. Through guided visualization and awareness techniques, you’ll be reacquainted to what it feels like to just be -- cultivating an ever-present tool you can use to experience deep relaxation and profound healing at any time. For more practices like this and to study emotional resilience with Richard, visit yogajournal.com/courses.

This week on the Practice, Richard Miller—psychologist, author, and founder of iRest Institute—teaches a 10-minute meditation for working with challenging emotions. At times, feelings such as anger, anxiety, sadness, or grief can feel overpowering. Through meditation, you can build skills to enhance a sense of control. Through this practice, you'll gain new perspectives and practice meeting your emotions and truly feeling them—helping you cultivate the ability to weather through even the most challenging emotional turmoil. For more practices like this and to study emotional resilience with Richard, visit yogajournal.com/courses.

This week on The Practice, Mary Beth LaRue, a vinyasa yoga teacher and cofounder of the Rock Your Bliss coaching program, teaches a Root Chakra Practice to Get Grounded and Present. When your Root Chakra is in harmony, you feel at home in your body and at ease in your daily life. For more practices like this and to study with Mary Beth, visit yogajournal.com/courses.

Our breath is the vehicle for prana, the vital life force that animates our entire reality, says Tracee Stanley, meditation and Yoga Nidra teacher and author of Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation & Awakened Clarity, who this week, teaches a 6-Minute Practice to help you develop awareness of, and sensitivity to, this life force. Using the mantra So Hum, meaning "I Am That", this meditation is designed to help you tap into the magic of your breath and bring your practice -- and your life—into new dimensions. Want to embody and teach Tantric meditation practices with Tracee? Join her virtual meditation teacher training at yogajournal.com/courses.