Get Your Yoga Practice Started: FAQs Answered
Let's take a closer look at some of the most frequently asked questions about yoga in today's blog post. No matter how experienced you are as a yogi, it is always good to learn more about the practice. So, let's dive in and get some answers to those burning yoga questions!
Which props to buy, and alternative options of what you have around
Yoga props can be incredibly helpful. Regular practitioners will benefit from investing in props as tools to support their personal practice. Before buying anything at all, consider if you really do need it. Here are some of the essential yoga props you should consider purchasing that YogaHub teachers love.
Yoga for Mental Health: Just how does yoga help mental health and what techniques can one use to improve their own?
October 10th is World Mental Health Day. As part of Mental Health Awareness Day, we want to promote awareness, combat stigmatization, and encourage people to seek treatment. In the United States alone, 1 in 5 people suffer from mental illness. It's time we had an honest dialogue about it without any prejudice.
A number of studies indicate that yoga can help with stress, anxiety, and depression. Yoga is a practice that involves controlled, physical movements, breath-work combined with meditation. Practicing breath exercise and regular body stretching can help relieve symptoms of depression, including insomnia, self-confidence.
Foot Yoga for Healthy Feet
We all know that Yoga is a great workout for the entire body and the mind, but have you tried Foot Yoga? I know what you are thinking, yet another ‘style’ of yoga... Yes, foot yoga is a thing. Consider this: the human foot contains 26 bones, 30 joints, and more than 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments all working together to provide mobility. Our feet do a lot for us! It is no wonder they get tired and overworked.
6 Easy Desk Yoga poses to help relieve tension
The majority of jobs today require us to sit behind a desk for more than 8 hours a day. Doing so puts a lot of pressure on the lumbar spine, leading to muscular imbalances and tension. Take stretch breaks during your workday and do these 5 easy yoga poses to relieve accumulated tension.
“Am I Doing It Right?” Or, Why Yoga Students Can Stop Worrying and Love the Process
Yoga students sometimes have question, “am I doing it right?” We all want to be “right,” but this question alone could actually be the one thing that stands between you and a more skilled practice. Rather than rehearsing worries or anxiety on our mats, we could experience our own true nature- that is the ultimate goal of yoga!
9 Ways to Celebrate International Yoga Day
On Sunday, June 21st, International Yoga Day invites us to start healing on a personal and global level.
Beyond postures that create physical wellness, yoga restores the very core of our humanity. It reminds us that we are never apart and alone, but deeply connected with each other and the world around us. It allows us to move through struggles and tap into the cosmic consciousness that spans beyond time and space.
How to start your own at-home daily yoga practice
Through daily practice, you invest in yourself every day. You might not feel anything happening, but the “interest” grows and delivers innumerable returns over time.
A Little Hip Love - 4 Poses to Help Release Tight Hips
Typically, people will realize they have tight hips when they wake up having lower back pain.