Posts in home yoga practice
The Subtle Power of Breath
The Subtle Power of Breath

Breath has the power to subtly shift mood. It is the breadcrumb trail that can take you back to the source of life, light and energy within. Breath practices, called pranayama, can be energising and vitalising or soft and gentle. They are capable of creating powerful shifts in mood and attitude. Read on, and try a practice used by Navy Seals to cultivate calm before they move into the field. Spoiler alert: they leaned it from the yogis.

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home yoga practice, breathworkLisa Allwellbreathwork, pranayama, homepractice
Are Yoga Props a Cop Out?
Are Yoga Props a Cop Out?

Every yoga studio in the land has a jenga style stack of blocks, a nest of blankets and a tangle of straps in the corner of the room. (It’s likely that they start out stacked tidy, but that’s a story for another day.) What are they for? Are they ‘just’ for beginners. If you use props does it mean you are terminally inflexible? How can you use props to enhance your yoga practice? Find out here.

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yoga teaching, yoga practice, home yoga practiceLisa Allwellyoga props, yoga mat, yoga bolster, how to use props