The social media takeover: The global takeover of social media, especially platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Meaning we are living in technological-driven modern world. On the plus side, there is an endless pool of yoga advice, poses and online classes we can get involved in. When it comes to modern yoga, social media now offers us unique opportunities …
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.
The role of spirituality in yoga.
Learning from the past: Even though previous articles have shortly mentioned the spiritual side of yoga (Melo Yoga talks about cultural appropriation). The next logical step is to dive deeper into how yoga can reconnect us all on a more intimate level with our spirit. As previously mentioned in earlier articles. Yoga including its philosophies and teachings of yoga was …
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 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 …
Conquering EQUINOX24
My experience running the Equinox 24hr race. And the great people I met on the way!
Learning to breath more effectively.
Today’s article relates to the significance of using effective breathing techniques whilst performing yoga exercises. Often disregarded as something trivial, once truly mastered it can be beneficial in more ways then one. Yoga is an apparatus we can all use to help counteract the stresses of everyday life. Diaphragmatic breathing allows us to bring down our heart rate whilst also …
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