Health is number one on the agenda: Everywhere you look there are experts giving advice on how to improve your health. Magazines, TV shows, movies, online articles etc. aim to grab our attention 24/7, 365 days a year. The most common way used for the general public to outline their health is Body Mass Index. Body Mass Index (BMI) is …
Using yoga to counter seating habits: Standing up without arm support.
A forgotten basic skill?: In the current climate, we are saturated with endless options for quite literally everything. Including, an unlimited new seating options. As a result, there is too much variety of comfortable chairs, fashionable sofas and ergonomic work seats available to us. Even with all the benefits available from these things brought into our lives: such as greater …
How yoga can be beneficial as we age
Yoga is an universally performed exercise for people of all ages. The numerous different forms of yoga, means there are potential benefits for everyone. The focus of this article is how yoga can be especially beneficial for us during the mid to later stages of our lives.
Exploring the health benefits of endurance training.
A few weeks ago I ran 132.8km in 24 hours for a race. In contrast, London to Northampton is around 98km apart! As tough as long-distance running can be, some of the mental and psychological benefits we can receive from this form of training are underappreciated. Endurance training does not have to be too extreme. However, the purpose of the …
Running towards inner peace.
Life lessons from a 24-hour race.
How do you like your coffee in the morning?
98 million a day. That is how many cups of coffee we in the UK consume every single day! But, how does this relate to yoga? There has been a continuous debate surrounding the usage of ingesting caffeine before practicing yoga. Coincidentally, the article aims to outline whether caffeine has a positive or negative effect on your yoga practice? Or, …
How can we make yoga more inclusive for everybody?
Last month, we focused on the use of language in yoga classes regarding cultural appropriation. This month we are going to explore the use of gendered language in a yoga class and how this can be looked at to make sure everyone feels included. Do we still require gendered yoga terms and poses? Would separate classes for men and women …
How we can help avoid cultural appropriation in yoga?
What comes across as cultural appropriation? Firstly, to understand what could classify as cultural appropriation, it’s important to define cultural appropriation within the context. Cultural appropriation refers to the idea of taking something from a different culture, capitalizing on the said thing, and subjecting it to exotification. The most prominent examples of cultural appropriateness within yoga can come from basic …
Are you coming to yoga tomorrow?
“Yoga is so much more!” So far, we have looked at the physical benefits of yoga. Placing our attention on some commonly reported issues such as back pain, neck pain and help with breastfeeding, etc. However, yoga can be about so much more! This article is about something different this time. The theme for this article is the social aspect …
Relaxing your disgruntled neck
Through the use of scientific study and tested yoga practices, let’s hopefully find a way of relaxing your disgruntled neck!
- Page 1 of 2
- 1
- 2