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Welcome

Time to book your yoga escape. This month, we’ve got our popular annual retreats guide, featuring all the very best yoga breaks and holidays for 2023.

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The Happiness Explorer

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New London studio space opens in Spitalfields.

Amazing SPACES

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Planet yoga

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Om books

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Yoga is for every body

Your pictures. Your community. 

The ‘sexy’ side of yoga

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OM Yoga Show 2023

With only six months to go until the OM Yoga Show, here’s a taste of some of the exciting things to come… including the inaugural OM Awards!

Workshops galore!

A guide to some of the many workshops taking place over the weekend.

Memories from OM Yoga Show 2022

Memories from an amazing weekend.

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Balancing souls

YOGA at Home sequence.

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Locust Pose (Salabhasana)

ISABEL LANKESTER

You can practice with Isabel Lankester in our Yoga at Home sequence each month (see page 26). Here, she tells OM a little more about her own yoga backstory and how the practice reminds us how we are all perfectly imperfect!

Yoga YOUR way

PART ONE -BODY 

Flower power

Lotus is an iconic yoga pose…but can anyone do it?

5 yoga practices to relieve anxiety and overwhelm in menopause

Relieving anxiety and overwhelm in menopause.

Ageing gratefully

Learning how to age gracefully…and gratefully. How yoga can help with changes in a woman’s body, mind, and heart in the wisdom years.

Finding balance through yoga

Balance is key to a stable life and yoga can be a key means to finding it across all age groups.

Take me out

Prefer to practice at home? Here are five reasons to take your mat out and visit your local yoga studio this month.

Yoga Retreats 2023

Welcome to our guide to some of the best yoga breaks on offer this year.

Suryalila Retreat Centre, Andalusia, Spain

This stunningly beautiful retreat centre, in the heart of Andalusia, Spain, is perfect for a relaxing, nourishing, warm and friendly escape.

Huzur Vadisi Yoga Retreats — Turkey, Spain, Wales, Norway and Iceland

Enjoy the pleasures of a restorative yoga retreat in beautiful surroundings, with great teaching, good company, friendly experienced staff and great food.

Angel Yoga Surrey —UK, Spain, India

The hosts together have over 35 years experience running retreats in Spain, UK and India.

Golden Grove Retreat — Carmarthenshire, Wales

A haven of tranquillity and relaxation, nestled on 10 acres of wild land adjacent to an organic farm.

Nefeli Nine Retreats — Greece

Join Nefeli Nine this year and experience the magnificent beauty of Greece for a week focused on wellness, nature and culture.

Yahra Yoga Retreat — Cornwall

Do you feel a pull to connect back to nature? Join yahra for a three-night earth-embracing immersion in Cornwall this summer.

Super Love Yoga Retreats — Ibiza, Mykonos, UK

Super Love Yoga is about creating the freedom and joy to be you through movement and community.

Inea Yoga Retreats — Corfu, Greece

Inea Yoga is a yoga school on the magical Island of Corfu in Greece, dedicated to providing a place for people to connect deeply with themselves, and with like-minded people from all over the world.

Jessica May Retreats — South of France

Aunique opportunity to escape the demands of daily life and focus on your wellbeing in the stunning location of Sainte Maxime, in the south of France.

Soul’s Escapes — Worldwide

Soul’s Escapes offers luxury bespoke retreats for mind, body and soul in stunning locations worldwide.

Essential Nature Yoga Retreats -Various Locations, UK

Essential Nature Yoga Retreats combine authentic yoga and meditation with the experience of the wonder of the natural world.

Pasithea Yoga Retreat — Portugal

This Portuguese retreat is based in the beautiful village of Vermelha, just outside Cadaval, in the region of Lisbon.

Yogarise Retreats — Spain, UK

Pack your bags and let Yogarise take care of the rest!

Rina Golan Retreats -Oxfordshire, UK

All-inclusive retreats structured to support your wellbeing in a space where the group supports the healing process, nurturing a safe environment where everyone can heal and grow.

Realign Retreats — Greek Spa and Yoga Retreat

Realign Retreats are hosting the ‘Greek Spa and Yoga Retreat,’ taking place 24-29 June 2023 at the award-winning Euphoria Retreat in Greece, with international yoga teacher, Sarah Highfield.

Jackie Ngu’s Beginner to Trapeze Yoga Retreat— Turkey & Wales

Retreats that will introduce you to the full benefits of Yoga Trapeze. Suitable for beginners, no experience required.

Yoga Light Retreats — Morocco, Canary Islands, and the UK

Yoga instructor Ceri Lee invites you to three sublime retreats this year in uniquely beautiful venues.

Wild Times Retreats — UK & overseas

The Wild Times are extraordinary experiences to help you re-wild, explore, ground and rest.

A Moroccan yoga and surf paradise

Paradis Plage is a dreamy eco resort in Morocco, nestled between the Atlas Mountains and a stunning sandy beach that extends for miles.

Competition

WIN Yoga-Mad goodies bundle for 3 lucky winners — worth £280 each!

How yoga saved me during my cancer fight

Yoga, meditation and prayer kept Leigh Fernandez grounded, positive and hopeful during her fight to be cancer-free.

Meet our MAN ON THE MAT

Ravi Dixit is OM’s inspirational ‘Man on the Mat’, encouraging more men (and everyone else) to try yoga.

Seeking shadows to reclaim wholeness

Life’s challenges can loom over us like dark shadows sometimes. Finding time and space to contemplate those shadows can help us to transform them.

Get off the ‘gram

The modern yogi loves a scroll on Instagram. But the moment it becomes an unhealthy habit, fuelling unrealistic expectations or comparisons to others, it’s time to hit the brakes.

How to be a human in a not-so-human world

Give up the search for perfect in this crazy world and walk towards the light.

Hold on to your horses: the Bhagavad Gita’s call to action

An appreciation of the beautiful simplicity of the Bhagavad Gita.

eat drink yoga

Healthy eating goodies.

Love your leeks

British leeks are in season, so here are some delicious recipes to help you make the most of these amazing vegetables

Save while you cook

Three ways to cut the cost of meal times in the kitchen. 

Play yoga like a child

What can we learn from children when they practice yoga?

MyYogaBiz

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

Reconnecting to your yoga practice… after a pandemic

Millions worldwide experienced feelings of isolation and disconnection in the wake of the dreaded lockdowns. Here, Simone Scott shares her story of how she rediscovered her love for her yoga practice and teaching, and shares tips on how you can reconnect too

3 TOOLS FOR RECONNECTING

The following are a few simple tools from the box I’ve developed to continue my journey of discovery.

The power of rest

Rest for others as well as yourself. By Paula Hines