5 Health Tips to Remember While Doing Yoga
Yoga is one of the best forms of exercise you can practice for your body. Not only are you stretching your muscles, but you’re also working on strengthening them while using your own body weight. Additionally, yoga is one of the best ways to clarify your mental health. The calmness and practice of yoga not […]
Confidence Builders for Overcoming Setbacks
Life’s challenges have a way of getting us down. There’s only so much a person can do to prepare for the twists and turns that fate throws our way. When unexpected events happen, our sense of self sometimes takes a beating. Returning to normalcy sometimes proves elusive. The good news is it’s possible to rebuild […]
Habits That Support a Home-Based Yoga Practice
We all know how our batteries can recharge being in the outdoors. Whether we are under the warm Summer sun or hiking a new path in the misty mountain air, it’s tempting to go outside and finally explore—with friends!—now that this seemingly 2+ year pandemic has made big events possible again. It’s nice to not […]
Habits That Support a Home-Based Yoga Practice
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Practicing yoga at home is a great way to keep yoga in your routine. You can develop discipline, improve your fitness level and deepen your yoga practice from the convenience of your house. If you want to start a regular yoga practice at home, consider the following tips […]
The Benefits of Outdoor Yoga
We all know how our batteries can recharge being in the outdoors. Whether we are under the warm Summer sun or hiking a new path in the misty mountain air, it’s tempting to go outside and finally explore—with friends!—now that this seemingly 2+ year pandemic has made big events possible again. It’s nice to not only feel the loving hug of a friend, but also the grass beneath our feet or see the morning sunlight streaming through the trees. There is a comfort in stretching our limbs to the sky as fresh air caresses our arms, hair, knees. Even in the solitude of a glacier, people are keen to dress appropriately, hit the slopes and hike up a mountain to remind themselves of their freedom and vitality. Most of my yoga practice is either indoors at home via a virtual instructor lesson or YouTube video (if I’m feeling like I want to stick to home base) or indoors yet again at a yoga studio (typically for a certain practice, like hot yoga, or an instructor is favored).
Confidence Builders for Overcoming Setbacks
Life’s challenges have a way of getting us down. There’s only so much a person can do to prepare for the twists and turns that fate throws our way. When unexpected events happen, our sense of self sometimes takes a beating. Returning to normalcy sometimes proves elusive. The good news is it’s possible to rebuild self-confidence through conscious decision-making. Here are a few choices that’ll have you brimming with optimism.
5 Health Tips to Remember While Doing Yoga
Yoga is one of the best forms of exercise you can practice for your body. Not only are you stretching your muscles, but you’re also working on strengthening them while using your own body weight. Additionally, yoga is one of the best ways to clarify your mental health. The calmness and practice of yoga not only benefit you physically, but also significantly help you through major life transitions along with decreasing feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression. Additionally, taking steps to prepare and introduce healthy habits into your exercise routine can make a good workout turn into a great workout.
Yoga Outside of the Mat: Bringing Yoga Into Real-Life
You have your regular classes, your favourite teachers, and your go-to yoga videos… now what?
Support helps a yoga practice flourish, but no one should have to sell themselves short by staying restricted to a mat. The real magic happens through taking the epiphanies from the experiences on the mat and integrating them into everyday life.
So, how can you make yoga outside your mat happen? Here are a few tips to weave the teachings into real-life situations.
Find Your Happy Place
When you step away from the mundane and give yourself the space to receive, it gives you that extra breathing room to remember what’s important. Whether it’s meditating in the woods, a well-deserved….
How Yoga Can Help You Through Major Life Transitions
The benefits of yoga speak for themselves. From reducing stress, to getting fit, to socialization, there are tons of reasons to get into a daily yoga routine. Most importantly, yoga can get you through some really tough times, such as moving to a new city, switching careers, or even starting a family. Whether you’re taking an online yoga course, or you’re joining a class at your local studio, you should always make time for your yoga routine during particularly stressful or dynamic times. If you relate, here are some major life transitions along with how to make yoga fit into those changes in order to effectively manage stress.
How to Connect with Nature Through Yoga
Yoga at its deepest core and oldest pillars is about connection. Yoga connects you with the natural world, the spiritual, and yourself. All of which come together for a holistic experience.
Practitioners can connect with nature through yoga through breathing and grounding techniques. Yogis can also embody the history of connection with nature by observing and imitating elements found in the environment.
As a bonus, they may take their sessions outdoors for direct connection.
Here are some of the ways we connect with nature through yoga. We’ll go from what we mean by connection and then into the individual aspects.
