Contributors

Welcome

Welcome to our December issue.

My secret place

Location: Maldives

N@maste

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Competition

Win a year's supply of HALO Hydration sticks

Headstand crazy

The most popular yoga poses of 2021. And the winner is… headstand!

YOGA changed my life

Yoga and meditation helped Alexandra Reece-Ford reclaim her life from anxiety, depression and ME

I Am Grateful

Mantra of the month

Yoga and Aromatherapy

Cinnamon Oil (Cinnamomum Zeylanicum) The month of December

Amazing spaces

Thaxted Yoga Hammer Hill Farm, Stanbrook, Thaxted, Essex,

om loves

Beautiful things for beautiful people

MUDRA COLLECTION

Bamboo Wrap Rosewood £119 Bamboo Long Sleeve Top

Planet yoga

Stories from around the weird and wonderful world of yoga

Om books

Spiral Bound: Integrated Anatomy For Yoga Karen Kirkness

Yoga is for every body

Your pictures. Your community

Working from home

Navigating the challenges of work — and yoga teaching — at home. By Victoria Jackson

Relax with Restorative Yoga

Relaxing 20-minute Restorative Yoga practice. With Javier Wilensky

Sun Salutation (Sur ya Namaskar)

Throughout 2022, OM will take you on a journey through all the key poses that make up Sun Salutation, perhaps yoga’s most graceful and familiar sequence

OM meets... Kassandra Reinhardt

US-based YouTube yoga sensation Kassandra Reinhardt has amassed a huge following for her safe, accessible classes and personable style. Here, she talks to OM about her own yoga journey

Yoga for neck pain

Can yoga help with neck pain? Here are eight poses that may help

Calming the vagus nerve

An exploration of the most extraordinary nerve in the body, the vagus nerve, and the simple practices that can help to soothe us and bring us greater calm

OM Christmas gift guide

Happy OM Christmas everybody!

SKANDASANA (SIDE LUNGE POSE)

Skandasana, or side lunge pose, promotes flexibility and strength in the inner thighs and hamstrings, builds mobility in the feet and ankles, and improves balance

YOGA & POETRY

The yogi, mystic and author known simply as Deep talks to OM about how the practice has shaped his poetry

Yoga V stress

Hands up who’s had a stressful year?

Beat stress with yoga

Yoga is our secret weapon in the war against stress

Breathe better

How a simple breathing technique can start to shrink your stress.

5 ways to manage stress with yoga

Yoga and how it can help in the battle against stress

Connected by breath

Using breathing practices and co-regulation to reduce stress in children

Yoga for stress

A simple Iyengar Yoga sequence for easing stress.

Light fantastic

Light therapy has long been known to affect our moods and emotions. A new high-tech solution, Lucia No3 – the Lucid Light Experience, takes this to a whole new level

Seeking perfect health

Can meditation keep our immunity strong?

What is stress and how can yoga help?

Simple yoga practices to navigate through the stress maze.

My story

Jackie Heffer-Cooke was a stressed-out TV executive… until she discovered yoga. Here she tells her story

Yoga for mental health

4 ways to boost mental health and inner resilience.

Mental wellbeing yoga and the older person

How yoga can play a role in countering stress and improving mental health among the older community.

Meditation for resilience

Build a more resilient mind and body in yoga and in life with this simple meditation.

Stay positive this winter

10 ways to boost a low mood and stay positive this winter.

Yoga through the seasons

We love this series of digital paintings, known as ‘Yoga through the seasons’ by Germanborn artist Anna Heimkreiter, who tells OM that “change is the only constant we get”

Redefining hope

As we enter the final weeks of 2021, let’s redefine hope and restore faith so that we can face the future with greater confidence and courage

eat drink yoga

Healthy eating goodies

Cocktails & DREAMS

Have a happy alcohol-free Christmas this year with these refreshing festive drinks ideas

Cooking for a healthy gut

7 tips for on cooking for a healthy gut.

MyYogaBiz

Tips from the experts to help you grow the yoga business of your dreams

Being a Chinese yoga teacher in London

Shuntao Li grew up in China as a child but is now a yoga teacher living and working in the UK. Here, she tells OM about her yoga journey and how the ancient practice is now thriving back in the world’s most populous country

A helping hand

Develop your teaching with a yoga mentor.

Giving the practice back

Allowing students time and space to feel their yoga practice.

The future of yoga travel

After two years of Covid, what can we expect from yoga travel in the years ahead? Here, Mark Bibby Jackson explains why the future of travel should be clean and green