The food we eat plays a huge role in the health and wellness of our body, mind, and spirit. The ancient yogis realized the energetic and healing properties of food and created a yogic diet that focuses on cultivating sattva, or inner-peace. A sattvic diet includes the purest, lightest and most easily digestible food you can eat. A sattvic diet is important to explore and embrace all levels of yogis …
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We've teamed up with our friends at One Tribe Apparel for this month's yoga giveaway sweepstakes prize. For the month of October, YogaBasics readers can have a chance to win a Small Boho Bundle of a mala necklace, boho bracelet and a pair of elephant print harem pants. About One Tribe Apparel: Sourced from the hills of Pai, Thailand, One Tribe Apparel offers a beautiful selection of clothing and goods fit for yoga …
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Athletes of all levels are always looking for new ways to gain an edge and boost their performance. Wisconsin Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor has found both yoga and meditation to help his performance on the football field. On a whim, he tagged along to a hot yoga studio and was surprised by the intensity of the practice. Taylor expected a slow-paced and stretching focused experience but found yoga to …
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Yoga is infamous for its ability to increase flexibility and reduce stress—but experienced yogis know how important muscular strength is for a successful yoga practice. Many of the more challenging and advanced poses require a tremendous amount of upper body strength, and weakness in the arms can lead to misalignment and injury when attempting these poses. The forearm or lower arm is often the weakest link in the kinetic chain …
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Yoga, just like anything else in life, has its ups and downs. You might love yoga more than anything else in the world and still wake up some days with absolutely no motivation to get on the mat. We can even end up unconsciously avoiding our yoga practice because sometimes it’s hard to face up to whatever might be going on in our inner world! To reap all of the …
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Tantra Yoga is a relatively modern revamping of the ancient Vedic and yogic spiritual practices. The Tantrics developed innovative yet unorthodox techniques for allowing one to experience the reality of the true Self–the oneness of the entire cosmos. Instead of expanding and focusing one's awareness outwards, Tantra saw the value of the body as a tool to explore and delight in. Previously, yoga techniques were focused on the renunciation of the …
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The cool and windy energy of Autumn encourages us to slow down, draw our focus inside and stock up our inner resources for the winter ahead. Thus, fall is a great time to explore yoga’s subtle energies, and we’ve found several of the yoga videos in this month’s collection of free YouTube videos focus on the chakra energy system. We also added several super short practices, from 5 to 10 …
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The yoga market continues to be fast-growing, competitive and crowded. The ability to separate your yoga teaching or yoga studio services from your competitors plays a huge part in achieving and maintaining success in this field. Most teachers and studios could use some marketing tips to stand out in the crowd and become more sucessful. A detailed yoga marketing plan can help you reach a new and larger audience, grow …
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