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YOGA changed my life

From Europe to the Pacific, student to instructor, Kellie Stewart’s yoga journey has taken her around the world

Mantra of the month: i am grounded

During tricky and uncertain times, it's understandable

YOGA AND Aromatherapy

Moving into September, we start to move away from the

Amazing spaces

Yoga Life Studio

Enter the dragonfly

Enjoy fitness to the fullest with Dragonfly sportswear. Fits like an extra layer of skin, with the perfect combination of functionality and stylish design for all those sweaty workouts

Planet yoga

Stories from around the weird and wonderful world of yoga

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Sri Chinmoy

Camerashy

Victoria Jackson discovers that there’s nothing to be nervous about attending your first online yoga class

Om..Competition

WIN - A Luxury Wellness Retreat at Austria’s stunning

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Awe-inspiring retreats and ideas for yoga explorers

Suffolk Secrets

You don’t need to travel far to find what really matters: OM enjoys a family ‘staycation’ in the picture postcard seaside town of Southwold in beautiful Suffolk

Love those backbends

A back-bending progression with Angelique Sandas

OM meets… Katy Appleton

former ballet dancer with the English National Ballet, Katy Appleton was also a yoga teacher to ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell. Here, she tells OM how she’s navigated the challenges of 2020 and embraced the shift to digital teaching

TIME FOR change

Yoga has been whitewashed and now is the time to change its reputation, writes Donna Noble

Yoga is for every body

Sharing attitudes and opinions on race and diversity in the yoga community in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests worldwide

Intense Side Stretch Pose (Parsvottanasana)

Intense Side Stretch pose, or Parsvottanasana, can bring balance and stability to both mind and body

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MANON THE MAT

This pose gives strength to the ankles, twists the

The psychological Secrets Of Resilience

How to be more resilient. Essential tips for improving your ability to cope with the ups and downs of everyday life.

LIVE and kicking

Online yoga teaching sustains vital community spirit all around the globe.

The newnormal

Creating a ‘happy hour’ yoga habit.

ways online yoga beatsstudio classes

Hannah Glancy outlines seven reasons why online classes are simply the best

Mirror, mirror, on the wall

Could this be the future of home workouts?

Find your yoga fix online

With so much great yoga to choose from online, from subscription services and live streaming classes right through to all the free stuff on YouTube, here’s our pick of some of the best ones out there

Onlineteacher training

How do you take a successful face-to-face yoga teacher training course online? Charlotta Martinus explains how it was done with Teen Yoga.

Is anyone out there?

Learning Zoom at lighting speed: yoga teacher Claudia Brown tells the story of how lockdown shaped her business, transitioning from in-person classes to digital ones within a few weeks

Get it done

The ability to focus can be quite a challenge in the modern era of data and distractions, yet it’s essential for getting things done. Here’s a short meditation that will help.

The spiritual TOOLBOXof yoga

The yogic path can help us to find greater meaning and fulfilment in life, writes Kino MacGregor. It can be a very simple one to follow too

Find supreme wisdom with the power of your third eye chakra

In the sixth part of a seven-part series, Jenny Baker leads an exploration of the body’s subtle spinning energy wheels, or chakras

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Nim’s Infusions

Eat Feel Fresh Fabulous plant-based foods

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Get your vits in!

Liposomal: an on-trend buzzword or a revolutionary way to take vitamin C?

Top tips for calmer kids… and parents!

Jackie Heffer-Cooke used to work as an adrenalin-fuelled television executive until having children changed everything for her. Realising there was little wellbeing support for mums and babies in her community she launched her first baby yoga and kids’ yoga classes, and 10 years later is the director of the successful ZenMuma and ZenKids Teacher Training School and Blue Sky Retreats. Here, she gives you some top tricks and techniques on how to stay calm in an ever-changing, world

The humantouch

Screen time has its uses, especially during a lockdown, but nothing beats the power of genuine human connection in building strong family bonds.

Yoga bonding with baby

Sarah Swindlehurst/Mulliner outlines what to expect from a parent and baby yoga class

Home school heroes

Supporting our children in the ‘new normal’.

Don’t ignore your pelvic floor!

Maria Kondrashova outlines the importance of pelvic floor exercise for mums-to-be

Understanding abdominalseparation

Diastasis Recti: what is it and how can we heal from it?

Resilience post Covid-19

Faye Jones, owner and teacher at Midlands-based studio and yoga store, Daily Bread Yoga, explains how her business navigated the trying months of 2020

Still here

Finding community in the time of Coronavirus.