Editorial policy

Who writes and reviews our guides

Every article is attributed to a named human author with a public profile — never a pen name, an AI persona, or a generic editorial team. Articles that make health, safety or technique claims carry a second name: a reviewer whose credentials match the claims. Practice-instruction content is reviewed by an experienced, registry- credentialed teacher; medical, therapeutic and physiological claims are reviewed by a licensed clinician. The review date appears on the article.

• Mara Ellison — Senior editor
• Koji Yamada — Contributing teacher & practice reviewer
• Dr. Leila Haddad, DPT — Clinical reviewer

Sourcing

Health and safety claims cite peer-reviewed research, clinical guidelines or recognised institutional sources, listed in a References section on the article with the specific claim each source supports. Traditional and philosophical content cites recognised lineage sources. If we can't source a claim, we don't publish it.

AI assistance

We use AI tools in parts of our editorial process — research support, drafting assistance and consistency checks. No article is published without human review, editing and fact-checking by the named author, who is accountable for everything under their byline. Expert review, where required, is never performed by AI. Articles state their production provenance in the footer.

Medical content

Our guides are general information, not medical advice. Content touching health topics carries a disclaimer and inline qualifiers beside specific claims, is reviewed by a clinician, and is re-reviewed on a schedule shown on the article (“next scheduled review”). We describe evidence honestly, including where it is early, mixed or absent.

Commercial independence

The blog contains no affiliate links, no sponsored content and no paid placements. Guides link to teachers, studios, retreats and city pages on The Yoga Universe where that genuinely helps the reader act on what they learned — those links are editorial choices, never sold. Providers cannot pay to appear in, or influence, editorial content.