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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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Dhanurasana (Bow Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Dhanurasana (Bow Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Dhanurasana (Bow Pose) is a backbend done lying on your belly: you bend your knees, hold your ankles, and lift your chest and thighs off the floor so the body curves like a drawn bow, with the arms as the string. It strengthens the muscles along the back of the spine and stretches the whole...
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Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose) is a beginner backbend done lying on your belly: you press your hands into the floor and lift your head and chest while your hips and legs stay down. Bhujanga is Sanskrit for serpent, and the shape looks like a cobra with its hood raised. It works the muscles along the...
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Ananda Meaning: Bliss in Yoga, Vedanta and Buddhism

Ananda Meaning: Bliss in Yoga, Vedanta and Buddhism

Ananda (Sanskrit: आनन्द, ānanda) means bliss, or deep joy. In yoga and Vedanta it names a happiness that does not depend on anything outside you, and the Upanishads use it to describe the nature of Brahman, the ultimate reality. It is also a common name in India, the name of the...
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Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose) is a seated spinal twist: one leg bends across the other, and you turn your chest toward the raised knee, with the opposite arm hooked outside it. It rotates the spine, mostly through the mid and upper back, and stretches the outer hip of the...
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Vasisthasana (Side Plank Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Vasisthasana (Side Plank Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Vasisthasana (Side Plank Pose) is an arm balance in which you hold your body in one long line on the side, supported by one straight arm and the outer edge of one foot, with the other arm reaching up. It works the obliques, the side of the hip and the supporting shoulder all at once. Most people...
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