5 Ways to Help You Do Yoga Online
Practicing yoga online has opened plenty of doors for today’s yoga practitioners to access their practice.
Whether your local yoga studio has temporarily closed or you enjoy the convenience of practicing from home there are many reasons to turn to the web for online yoga classes. While doing yoga online has plenty of upsides, that doesn’t make mean it’s smooth sailing all the time. There are some challenges to getting on your mat at home so we wanted to give you our best tips on how to do yoga online with ease.
4 Key Ways To Nourish Your Body this Winter
This year, more than ever, taking care of our health will be at the very top of our priorities. As temperatures begin to drop, now is the time to start creating habits that will really nourish your body and cultivate a positive state of mind. These acts of self-care are sure to strengthen our immune systems and improve our general well-being.
Here are 4 of the best things you can do to nourish your body with the love it deserves:
1. Eat nutritious meals that heal
Think heart-warming vegetable soups, stews, and curries— not only do these types of whole food meals lift the soul, but they have physical benefits too….
Yoga & Extreme Sports: a Match Made in Heaven?
They may seem like an unlikely duo; one encourages you to slow right down and enter a relaxed state, the other is rigorous and adrenaline-fuelled. One pushes you to your physical limits, the other asks you to be kind to yourself and promotes healing. Both require presence and will often create a meditative state. Although it may come as a surprise to many, yoga and extreme sports do in fact go hand in hand, and can benefit one another immensely.
Here’s why it’s well worth treating yourself to some yoga sessions after sending it off a cliff in the winter or ripping through the bike park in the summer.
Why We Should All Know About Bewildher
I recently discovered an amazing locally-owned company, creating the most gorgeous athletic leggings over in Squamish. Initially I noticed the tights for their visual appeal, when I saw my yoga teacher wearing them. When I asked where she got them, she passionately began telling me about the company and its ethical practices, along with the eco-friendly materials used to create the tights. I decided I absolutely had to go and check out the website to see for myself. Before I knew it, I was subscribed to their mailing list, and had ordered my own beautiful pair of tights. So why is this company such an inspiration to me and my yoga teacher? There are almost too many reasons. Bewildher was founded by Nadine Manson and has been operating in accordance with the slow-fashion movement. In contrast to fast, throw-away fashion, Nadine aims to reduce the wastage of excess stock by making her products to order, with the use of a pre-ordering system online. She creates long-lasting…
Detoxification For The New Year
Detoxify Through Yoga, Getting Your Body In Top Condition
The first few weeks of the new year are over, but a very promising 2017 lies ahead of us! If you’re like millions of people who enjoy making New Year’s resolutions, perhaps you have resolved to make this year a great one in terms of health, and how you care for yourself. In this article, not only will we discuss ways to get your body in motion by means of yoga (which also serves as an excellent way of keeping your stress at a manageable level), we will give you some tips and tricks to detoxify that you can use to get yourself feeling fantastic in no time!
Detox Yoga
The holidays are an amazing opportunity to spend time with friends and family. The only downside of these joyous festivities can be the tendency to overindulge. Processed food, sugar and alcohol over the holiday season can result in feeling fatigued and unbalanced. Yoga can have many powerful effects, including the ability to detoxify. A detox […]
The Global Yoga Experience
You may be asking yourself what the global yoga experience really means. Global yoga has a few definitions but for our case in Whistler, it’s quite unique. Most of the time, global yoga refers to a retreat, teacher training, or practicing yoga while travelling. For us in Whistler, global yoga takes on a whole new […]
The Importance of Small Yoga Classes
It is only in recent history that public classes have been popularized and relevant in yoga. Many of the traditional teachings were translated orally from teacher to student. Notice the wording there – teacher to student. The recent phenomenon of public classes are a long stretch from the private teachings of previous traditions; however, there […]
Small Business Tips from a Yogi
By Emily Kane – Yoga Teacher and Studio Owner I get asked a lot of questions about business practices when it comes to yoga and owning a studio. The task of “being your own boss” and doing what you love is amazing but it can be very daunting if it’s new to you. Creating a […]
