Ahimsa: The Most Important Yoga Principle and 3 Keys to a Stronger Yoga Practice
Your practice should feel like a conversation with your body. The pose is the question, and the physical sensations are the response. Once you settle into a posture, your job is to listen before introducing the next challenge.
How to Get the Most Out of Your Yoga Class: 7 Expert Tips
Yoga is more than just movement—it’s an experience, a practice, and a mindset. The way you approach your time on the mat can completely shift how you feel during and after class.
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!
Afternoon Break - 2 Minute Self-Guided Meditation
Meditation provides many benefits, from reducing negative emotions, increasing imagination and creativity, and increasing patience and tolerance. Why not give yourself these benefits by trying a 2 minute self-guided meditation practice today?
My Yoga Teacher Training Experience: Diversity and Inclusion in Yoga
Jonique has been a dedicated and dynamic YogaHub student for many years. Her love for yoga practice and mindfulness led her to complete her training as a yoga teacher. Her experience as a new yoga instructor and her reflections as a woman of color in this industry inspired her to share her journey with us in honor of black history month. Her willingness to share her story with our amazing YogaHub community is an honor we are privileged to receive.
Yogi Spotlight: Rob, Western North Carolina
YogaHub isn’t just a corporate wellness company. What we help business is do is much bigger than encouraging them and their employees to be healthier. Yoga can go far beyond the mat, and extend into daily life. We’re bringing you a Yogi Spotlight series where our clients and corporate yoga students share their journey and love for yoga and wellness.
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.
2022: 6 Wellness Tips To Help You Kick Off The New Year On The Right Foot
With a new year comes a chance to reflect on and learn from the past. We analyze what worked well, what did not work well, and what we hope to happen next. In the coming year, most of us hope to be healthier, kinder, more active, and more open to love. One thing we forget to do from time to time, buried in all the new-year-new-you resolutions, is to take care of our mental and physical health first.
We've compiled the best New Year's health tips, those that do not focus on weight loss or significant-other goals, but on your overall well-being. Each of them helps your mind, body, and soul in different ways so that you feel better in 2022 (healthier, more active, and stimulated).
6 Tips on how to recover from a bad night's sleep
You've had a rough night. Your eyeballs feel like they're going to pop out of your head and you haven't slept a wink. Here is how to cope with the morning after.
We all have nights where we can't sleep well. Maybe you have a snoring partner, or you just have a lot going on in your head. Either way, it's not fun to wake up tired in the morning. The following suggestions can help you cope with the next day and get back on track to sleeping well again and recovering from sleep deprivation:
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.
“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!
Off-mat Practice: Ahimsa Workbook
Ahimsa is a practice of non-harming or non-violence. Download your Ahimsa Journal Prompts worksheet to elevate your yoga experience with us.
Intention-Setting Worksheet
Intentions are internally focused. They state how you intend to feel right now. Intentions put the power of change in your own hands and enable you to create an immediate shift. Download the YogaHub Intention Setting Worksheet and get started on your inner journey.
Journal prompt: Root Chakra
The root chakra deals in survival and is blocked by fear. Download the Root Chakra Journal Prompts to uncover your fears.
My name is Jonique.
My name is Jonique and I am 23 years old. I am currently working on obtaining a master’s degree in biomedical sciences with the intent of going to medical school. I am the daughter of two immigrant parents — my mother originating from Jamaica and my father from Cape Verde. The reason why I share my story and background with you is to discuss my own personal thoughts and feelings surrounding the racial injustices in America.
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.