Not all yoga styles are slow and relaxed! Yoga sculpt is one of the styles that’s breaking the mold, being a more dynamic style of yoga that’s energizing, exciting, and more challenging. If you haven’t heard of yoga sculpt or are not sure what it is, yoga sculpt is a workout-inspired style of yoga that’s …
You may believe that as a low-intensity exercise and one adept at promoting wellness and various mental health benefits, yoga does not burn many calories. Yes, it can improve flexibility and strength while reducing stress, but caloric burn? While you may want to dip into an increasingly cardiovascular workout, you can still burn calories while …
Yoga has become very popular over the last decade. Many people practice yoga because they want to improve their health or well-being. Others practice yoga simply because they enjoy its benefits. Is yoga really a spiritual practice? Yoga is a system of exercise and breathing techniques that originated in ancient India. The word yoga means …
New to yoga? You might be considering trying yoga as a means to get fit and lose weight. And for those reasons, one of the questions you might be wondering is whether yoga is aerobic or anaerobic exercise. The short and simple answer is… neither. Yoga is not an aerobic exercise, and nor is yoga …
Before we jump any further into this blog post, we first think that it would be a good idea to talk you through what shanti means – as if you’re already familiar with yoga, then we’re sure that you’ll have heard this term frequently used in class. Essentially, Shanti is a sanskrit word that basically …
Started doing yoga recently and heard talk about a yoga blanket? Maybe you have friends that are yoga lovers, and they can’t seem to stop talking about their new yoga blanket. That’s all well and good, but you probably have one question: what is a yoga blanket? If you’ve heard the term being thrown around …
Pilates and Yoga are two different practices but are often coupled together. If you go to a yoga class, you might find that it incorporates elements of pilates or vice versa. Maybe the center you’ve shown up at offers both classes. Sometimes it can be difficult to understand the differences between them. So let’s say …
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Yoga is not something that many people would associate with Christianity and the Bible. Directly the bible does not specifically mention the word ‘yoga’ however, there are phrases and texts in the bible that could make us consider yoga as a practice for Christians. Yoga in itself is pervasive. It is in the East, and …
If you already have a good idea of what alignment means, its meaning in yoga almost speaks for itself! In yoga, alignment simply refers to performing yoga poses (asanas) with mindful precision of where each body part should be positioned. This can also be referred to as form – a term that’s commonly used among …
When it comes to practicing yoga, it is always a great feeling to have your own mat. Once you know how much they can harbor bacteria, you will probably not want to share a mat again. However, you might also think that owning one is a little bit of a chore, after all, you have …
