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Nicklas Johansson

Nicklas Johansson

Nicklas Johansson has taught yoga for 15 years. He earned his yoga teacher certification at the Bikram Yoga College of India in 2010 and became an OPEX CCP coach in 2020, so he teaches yoga poses alongside strength and conditioning. He co-founded Yogateket and owns the studio Hot Yoga Uppsala.

Yoga teacher and OPEX CCP coach

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Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III): How to Do It Step by Step

Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III): How to Do It Step by Step

Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III) is a standing balance in which you stand on one straight leg and tip your torso forward until the body, the lifted leg and the arms form one long line, roughly parallel to the floor. It works the standing leg, the glutes and the back of the body, and it asks your...
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Best Yoga Mats: Our Review of Travel, Hot Yoga and Eco-Friendly Mats

Best Yoga Mats: Our Review of Travel, Hot Yoga and Eco-Friendly Mats

The best yoga mat for most people is a full-length natural rubber mat about 4-5 mm thick, with a smooth polyurethane top or a closed-cell surface that grips when your hands sweat. Of the mats we practised on, the Liforme was our pick for Vinyasa, the Alo Warrior Mat for hot yoga, the Manduka PRO...
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Trikonasana (Triangle Pose): How to Do It Step by Step, Plus Variations

Trikonasana (Triangle Pose): How to Do It Step by Step, Plus Variations

Trikonasana (Triangle Pose) is a standing yoga pose with the legs wide and straight, the front foot turned out, and the torso tipped sideways over the front leg so that one arm reaches down and the other reaches up. It stretches the hamstrings, the inner thighs and the side of the waist, and it...
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Yoga Poses for Beginners: 25 Essential Poses and How to Do Them

Yoga Poses for Beginners: 25 Essential Poses and How to Do Them

The essential yoga poses for beginners are the simple shapes most classes are built from: standing poses such as Tadasana (Mountain Pose) and the Warriors, a few poses on hands and knees such as Cat-Cow and Child's Pose, seated stretches, two gentle backbends, and Savasana (Corpse Pose) to...
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Nadi: What the Nadis Are and the Three Main Channels

Nadi: What the Nadis Are and the Three Main Channels

Yoga Lingo
Yoga Meaning in Sanskrit: Yuj, Union and the Classic Definitions

Yoga Meaning in Sanskrit: Yuj, Union and the Classic Definitions

Yoga Lingo
Core and Yoga: Core Muscles and the Best Yoga Poses for Core Strength

Core and Yoga: Core Muscles and the Best Yoga Poses for Core Strength

Essential Yoga Body Parts
Vrksasana (Tree Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Vrksasana (Tree Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Paschimotthanasana (Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Paschimotthanasana (Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Ustrasana (Camel Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Ustrasana (Camel Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Abhyasa Meaning: Practice in the Yoga Sutras and How to Do It

Abhyasa Meaning: Practice in the Yoga Sutras and How to Do It

Yoga Lingo
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas