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5 Eco-Friendly Yoga Mats for a More Sustainable Flow

5 Eco-Friendly Yoga Mats for a More Sustainable Flow

Over 5,000 years ago, Rishis documented their practices and beliefs surrounding yoga in the Upanishads. Today, over 36 million people practice yoga, and it makes sense that those who seek balance in mind and body also seek it in nature—through sustainable shopping for eco-friendly yoga mats and other practice essentials. Not only does yoga improve […]

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    5 Eco-Friendly Yoga Mats for a More Sustainable Flow

    5 Eco-Friendly Yoga Mats for a More Sustainable Flow

    Over 5,000 years ago, Rishis documented their practices and beliefs surrounding yoga in the Upanishads. Today, over 36 million people practice yoga, and it makes sense that those who seek balance in mind and body also seek it in nature—through sustainable shopping for eco-friendly yoga mats and other practice essentials. Not only does yoga improve […]

    Can Yoga and Meditation Help Us to Connect With Nature?

    Can Yoga and Meditation Help Us to Connect With Nature?

    By Anne-Sophie Brändlin If, this time last year, the world had been told it would spend much of the coming months in lockdown, few might have believed it. But that reality came, and it did so almost overnight, bringing with it a crashing end to the busy flow of life, which sees billions rushing from […]

    Yoga, Meditation on the Rise Among U.S. Adults and Kids

    Yoga, Meditation on the Rise Among U.S. Adults and Kids

    If you can flow from “downward dog” to “upward dog,” then you’re part the growing number of yogis in the U.S. In the last 5 years, the number of American adults and children who practice yoga and meditation has significantly increased, according to a government survey conducted last year. The questionnaire—administered every 5 years as […]

    4 Yoga Inversions That Will Improve Your Health

    4 Yoga Inversions That Will Improve Your Health

    By Maggie McCracken Inverting—positioning your body so that your feet are higher than your heart—holds a number of health benefits. Seniors are especially likely to benefit from inverting, but everyone can enjoy improved circulation, reduced foot and leg swelling, a rush of oxygen to the brain and perhaps even relief from back pain if they […]