OM Yoga & Lifestyle

OM Yoga Magazine is your guide for daily yoga practice, from yoga poses to meditations, articles and videos. OM magazine caters for all levels of ability from beginners to intermediate, teachers and professionals. Regular features include: Yoga at Home, yoga changed my file, Yoga & Aromatherapy, amazing spaces, yoga anatomy, plant based food recipes, my yoga business plus lots more to inspire a healthy and active lifestyle.

OM Yoga & Lifestyle • Issue 136, December 2022

Welcome

Contributors

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N@maste • Love OM magazine and want to tell the world? Here’s your chance

Yoga Changed My Life • Kayla Nielsen achieved her long-held yoga dream by opening her very own retreat centre, Still Salty Escape, at a stunning location in Nicaragua

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The Happiness Explorer • How to…start living big

Living the teachings — understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings

Amazing SPACES

omloves • Beautiful things for beautiful people

The only way is UP. • UP. was born from a belief that performance wear should do good everywhere, from empowering our bodies on and off the mat, to supporting traditional skills in communities around the world and safeguarding nature and its resources. If you’re looking to step up your yoga practice it’s time to UP. the ante!

Planet yoga • Stories from around the weird and wonderful world of yoga

Balance + Centre • 10 poses to find balance and re-centre during December.

A 360º overview of… Child’s Pose (Balasana) With Dr Kiki Morriss

OM meets… ALEXANDRA McROBERT • With the Christmas and New Year festivities looming, OM chats to yoga teacher, entrepreneur and retired party girl, Alexandra McRobert (aka Sober Yoga Girl) who’s on a mission to help women quit drinking

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Your posture keeps the score • How reading your posture gives you an insight into stored anxiety and stress.

I can’t do yoga because I’m not FLEXIBLE! • Busting one of the biggest yoga myths.

THE POWER OF REST • Why rest is an essential part of balanced living: a yogic perspective.

Yoga & Stress SPECIAL

IYENGAR YOGA FOR stress • Stress and yoga: how this ancient practice can find a way to ease us through the challenges of modern living.

Soothe stress with yoga • Lessons from yoga in how we can navigate the challenging times of the modern era.

5 yoga ways can help with stress • An ancient practice for modern times: how yoga can help us navigate the stresses and strains of everyday living.

STRESS be gone • 4 yoga practices for lowering stress levels.

Candle gazing meditation • The meditation method that quite literally lights the way…for all those seeking respite from a busy mind.

3 ways to help children understand relaxation • Simple and fun yoga-based exercises to teach children the art of relaxation.

OMFM

MAN ON THE MAT WITH DAVIN JONES • FLYING WARRIOR POSE (VISVAMITRASANA)

WINTER WELLNESS: MOOD-BOOSTING RENEWAL TIPS • Ignite your fitness routine and re-energise your nutrition during the cold, winter months with seven expert tips from PT and wellness entrepreneur, Rachael Sacerdoti

GIFT GUIDE • IT’S THAT MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR. YES, CHRISTMAS IS UPON US ONCE AGAIN, SO SHARE YOUR LOVE OF YOGA WITH THOSE YOU LOVE IN THE GIFTS YOU CHOOSE FOR THEM. INSIDE THIS MONTH, WE’VE COMPILED A SELECTION OF AWESOME ECO-FRIENDLY YOGA-INSPIRED GOODIES THAT WILL MAKE GREAT PRESSIES FOR ALL YOUR LOVED ONES. YOU’LL ALSO BE SUPPORTING SOME ETHICAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND FAMILY FIRMS WHO ARE JUST AS...