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Welcome to the latest issue of OM Yoga & Lifestyle magazine, Britain’s best loved and most awesome and accessible yoga read. Treat yourself to some amazing phone-free minutes right now, turn the pages

OM in 30 seconds

It’s time for your OM Yoga fix! Here’s a sneak preview of some of the highlights inside this issue.

My secret place

Yogi: Rebecka Latoś Photographer: Oscar Nilsson.

N@maste

Love OM magazine and want to tell the world? Here’s your chance.

YOGA V DIABETES

Short bouts of yoga may help prevent diabetes, new study reveals.

Yoga Changed My Life

After experiencing knee issues resulting in surgery, yoga helped to completely transform Sheena Shah’s health, wellbeing and sense of purpose.

The Happiness Explorer

How to…restore your innate sense of self-worth.

WONKEE YOGA

If you’re one of the millions of people who feel a little wobbly during their yoga class then sign up to wonkee, a new initiative from artist and broadcaster Scottee.

Amazing SPACES

CLARE PRIDEAUX YOGA Pattiswick Essex CM77 8BD clareprideauxyoga.co.uk

om loves

Beautiful things for beautiful people.

Planet yoga

Stories from around the weird and wonderful world of yoga.

OM books

Books to explore.

YOGA IS FOR EVERY BODY

Your pictures. Your community.

Adjusting with consent

Why yoga teachers should never assume consent is a given.

OM meets... SADIE FROST

Actress, director and health retreat partner Sadie Frost recently completed a Jivamukti yoga teacher training, and talks to OM here about partnering with the Amchara Health Retreat Gozo, a luxury wellness resort off Malta

Get your glow on!

Yoga to keep you feeling youthful this springtime, with Sarah Highfield of Yogagise Yoga.

Cultivating inner STILLNESS

EMOTIONS IN MOTION: NURTURING MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH YOGA

Pratipaksha Bhavanam IN ACTION

A practical workbook to Pratipaksha Bhavanam: how your warrior two pose can reveal how your live your life…and how you can be better at it.

POWER UP

Get fit, get healthy, get strong. Yoga is an amazing all over mind-body workout, but if you’re looking to go a step further, then throwing in some additional training with weights might be what you need to power through 2024

ACCESSIBLE YOGA

Making yoga accessible for all: how the practice can be adapted and modified so that ever y body can reap the rewards of a regular yoga practice.

YOGA FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Making yoga more accessible for the visually impaired and the blind.

Embracing NEURODIVERSITY

The transformative power of yoga for ADHD, autism and beyond.

Becoming a vision-inclusive yoga teacher

Step into the empowering world of yoga with Aoife McCarren, a dedicated FLY yoga teacher who is redefining inclusivity in the practice.

YOGA IN BED

A simple yoga sequence to do in the comfort of your own bed.

YOGA FOR SENIORS

A practice that adapts the ancient discipline to the abilities and needs of older adults, senior yoga offers an array of benefits, both physical and mental.

Yoga for mental health

The power of pranayama, chanting and asana in mental wellbeing.

CHAIR YOGA

Poses to do in your chair at your desk, at home, or in the office.

ACCESSIBLE PREGNANCY YOGA

Making yoga accessible during pregnancy.

Rainbow Yoga

Not just any yoga…yoga for children with additional needs.

LOOK AFTER YOUR JOINTS

Simple wellness tips for good joint health.

OMFM

OM FOR MEN

ON THE MAN MAT

SURYA YANTRASANA (COMPASS POSE)

Sonic Breathwork

Christopher August is on a mission to teach others how to unlock the greatness within via the power of conscious breathing and sound. From the way we breathe to the way we lead, create and relate, he aims to inspire a new paradigm of conscious, connected living on planet earth.

One month to amazing

30 days, 30 tips: fitness experts share simple ways to incorporate fitness into everyday life.

How to get through when you just want to give up

Embodied Living: Mindfulness & Yoga for Life’s Everyday Challenges

The purpose of living

Searching for true meaning and purpose in our lives.

The divine feminine

Is yoga a feminine or a masculine practice? An exploration of ancient texts and modern realities by Rola Tassabehji.

You’ve got the style

Stride into springtime with some fabulous new yoga wear.

Absolutely Fabulous

Spruce up your yoga kit this spring.

BAM: finest bamboo yoga wear

Introducing BAM Clothing’s luxurious yoga wear fusing fashion, function and BAM’s signature softness.

Yoga Chic

Be even more amazing with these awesome fresh looks, you indomitable warrior child.

Get your kit together

Essential yoga goodies from the Yoga-Mad team that will enhance your practice and your life.

eat drink yoga

Healthy eating goodies

Nice & Easy

Delicious plant-based recipes from the book, Mildreds Easy Vegan om lifestyle

Discover a blend of herbal wonder with Pukka

Pukka brings the wonder of nature to everyday moments.

Bite-sized peace

How to nurture a peaceful food-body relationship.

5 ways to increase testosterone naturally

Natural and lifestyle strategies to help elevate testosterone levels.

YOUNG + WISE

By nature, we are elemental. Supporting our Young + Wise with a nature-inspired programme for wellbeing.

Yoga retreats 2024 special report

Find inner peace on a blissful yoga retreat this year.

INEA YOGA

Greek sunshine paradise retreat set on dreamy Corfu.

Paradis Plage Surf Yoga & Spa Resort

Experience all the magic of Morocco on a luxury yoga and surf retreat.

Yoga Rocks

Retreat to Yoga Rocks, Crete.

Yoga for joy

Level up your yoga for joy on a retreat with Zaz Grumbar this year.

Yoga with Bridget

Year-round yoga holidays and retreats with Bridget Woods Kramer.

Body positive yoga retreat

Sign up for a journey of transformation, discovery and empowerment with body positive yoga specialist Donna Noble.

The Wild Medicine weekend retreat

Take a deep dive into nature as a mirror this year in wild and wonderful Dartmoor.

House of Contentment

Take time out of your busy life to come and refresh yourself with new inspiration in a warm oasis of calm at Casa Santosha.

CASA EL RIEGO

This stunning old stone house in sunny Tenerife offers the most authentic and healing yoga holidays.

Find your BLISS

Huzur Vadisi Yoga Retreats in Turkey, Spain, Kenya, Wales and Norway.

Yoga with ALTITUDE

Spectacular Swiss Alps mountain retreats with ZellerYoga.

Navigating the legal landscape of retreat hosting

A call for industry compliance. By Adam Handy of Success Retreats, a part of the Albatross Group.

My Yoga Biz

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

Align & shine: a yogi's guide to 2024 trends

Cultivate wellness business success with confidence.

Yoga in football

The experiences of a yoga instructor teaching elite and professional footballers.

The digital studio

Why 2024 is the year you must add online offerings in your yoga business… and five tips to get started.

Why I don’t teach everything I practice

Changing perspectives over a generation of yoga.