Yoga's introduction to the West began in the late 1800s, but it wasn't until the early 1990s that yoga began to gain in pop culture popularity. Suddenly, yoga was everywhere. Celebrities including Sting (featured on a YJ cover in December 1995), Madonna, and Oprah touted the benefits of the practice; magazines began to feature the practice, noting its benefits in health and fitness columns; and it started to show up in movies and sitcoms.
To commemorate Yoga Journal's 50th anniversary, we've launched our Archives series, a collection of celebrated YJ articles dating back to 1975. These glimpses of past content enable you to revisit and rediscover yoga through the lens of previous decades. Maybe you want to know how Ram Dass felt about psychedelics in the 80s or what it was like to spend a week practicing with B.K.S. Iyengar in India.