Tag Archives | Yoga

Do you need a yoga mat to do yoga on?

By on March 6, 2013 in mm yoga, yoga at work, yoga in melbourne

The short answer is ‘no’. A towel will do just fine, or, if you are ok with being on the floor, the floor is fine too. At least to start with. Nobody needs to be buying fancy sporting equipment until they’ve decided they are really into the activity, right? I can’t think of anything sadder [...]

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4 reasons every athlete should do yoga + remember this free yoga for runners download?

By on February 20, 2013 in corporate yoga, mm yoga, yoga in melbourne

Rich Roll is a two-time top finisher at the Ultraman World Championships. In 2010, he became the the first person (along with colleague Jason Lester) to complete EPIC5 – 5 ironman-distance triathlons on 5 Hawaiian Islands in under a week. He knows a bit about being an athlete, apparently. He recently wrote an article about why every athlete [...]

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How and why to squat right

By on January 23, 2013 in corporate yoga, melbourne mobile yoga, yoga at home, yoga at work, yoga in melbourne

Have you heard of Asian squatting? It is, apparently, the RIGHT kind of squatting, just like squatting to go to the toilet is, ahhh, much healthier for you. This post phrases it nicely: Get this, when you squat, a bend between your rectum and anus elongates, allowing for a complete evacuation of the bowels. Normal [...]

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Adrenal Fatigue & preventing knee injuries.

By on December 12, 2012 in yoga in melbourne

Did you know that overtaxing your adrenals (hello modern life) can directly contribute to injuring yourself while exercising? Crappy thing that, given that exercise is one of the best ways to manage stress. Accordong to this article:    Muscle-organ correlations were discovered by Dr. Goodhart in the 1960′s. He found that there are predictable muscle [...]

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16 things dogs can teach us about living well.

By on November 21, 2012 in melbourne mobile yoga, yoga at home, yoga in melbourne

I wrote this article for MindBodyGreen last year, and I thought you’d enjoy it. A little mid-week lightness. I’ve learned lots of useful things about life from watching dogs. I often joke that I am rather like a dog: if I am unwalked, unstretched, unfed or unloved, I get grumpy, and start tugging on my leash. [...]

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