There’s a lot to dig into in this guide to wheel pose. Click one of the links below to skip ahead to any section of this post! Table of Contents Alignment of wheel pose Entering + exiting wheel pose safely Modifying wheel pose Prep for wheel pose Challenge your wheel pose Flow transitions into wheel
Acroyoga
So You Want To Try Acroyoga? Get Started With These 4 Poses
Acroyoga is one of my favourite forms of movement to do with others. It’s fun, it builds connection and trust, and it’s incredibly empowering. I started doing acroyoga around 4 years ago and since then I’ve gotten to know so many lovely people through our shared love of movement and connecting through movement. I’ve also gotten
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Yoga
The Things That Get In The Way Of Having A Joyful, Empowering, And Fulfilling Yoga Practice
In the first year of my yoga self-practice at home there have been many times where I made practicing yoga more complicated than it needed to be. Having too high expectations of myself or self-sabotaged to a point where I would avoid stepping on the mat and forget why I even started a yoga self-practice in the
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Yoga
How To Get Started With Sun Salutations For Yoga Beginners
Sun salutations were NOT what made me fall in love with the yoga practice. The first few yoga classes I ever went to were quite traditional in the sense that we warmed up doing 5 rounds of Surya Namaskar A followed by 5 rounds of Surya Namaskar B, then moving on to some other traditionally
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Yoga
Active vs. Passive Flexibility: Why You Need To Know The Difference
In this post I’ll get super geeky about active vs. passive flexibility, why you should care about flexibility, and how each one can benefit your yoga practice. What is flexibility? Flexibility is the range of motion (ROM) available at a joint. If you are very flexible you will have a larger range of motion in your
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Yoga
12 Mindset Shifts To Make Your Yoga Practice Fulfilling
I started my own regular home yoga practice back in January 2017. My relationship with my yoga self-practice has changed a lot during those 2,5 years of practice. At times my yoga self-practice has added such a rewarding and fulfilling feeling to my life. At other times it has been something I did out of a feeling of guilt
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Yoga
How To Start Your Own Home Yoga Practice
Starting a home yoga practice for myself is one of the best decisions of my life. It’s helped me cultivate so much more joy, empowerment, and self-confidence over time and the mindset I’ve come to have surrounding my home yoga practice has been the key to the positive effect it’s had on my wellbeing and
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Yoga
How To Find Out Which Type Of Yoga Is Right For You
Do you feel overwhelmed trying to find out which type of yoga is right for you? I know I did when I first started looking at the huge amount of different types of yoga classes to attend. There are so many types of yoga to choose from and new ones seem to pop up every day. I’ve
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Yoga
Is Alignment Important In Our Yoga Practice?
If you’ve ever gone to a yoga class before, you’ve probably heard the yoga teacher say things such as: “Make sure your knee is stacked right over your ankle” (in standing postures with bent knee), “Place your feet hip width distance apart” (mountain pose), “Tilt your pelvis” or “Tuck the tailbone under” (standing postures), “Make sure
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Yoga
My First Experience With Yoga
In case you haven’t noticed already, I think it’s fair to say that I’m quite into yoga. This is the story about what got me so interested in the yoga practice in the first place. If you want to start your own yoga practice but are unsure of which style of yoga is the right