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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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Plank Pose (Phalakasana): How to Do It Step by Step

Plank Pose (Phalakasana): How to Do It Step by Step

Plank Pose (Phalakasana) is a yoga pose in which you hold your body in one straight line from head to heels, supported on straight arms and the balls of the feet, with the shoulders stacked over the wrists. It strengthens the core, shoulders and arms without moving the spine. Beginners can do it...
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Hasta Mudras: 8 Yoga Hand Mudras and How to Do Them

Hasta Mudras: 8 Yoga Hand Mudras and How to Do Them

Hasta mudras are yoga hand gestures: you touch, fold or press particular fingers together and hold the shape while you sit, breathe or meditate. Hasta means hand and mudra means seal or gesture. The eight below are the ones you meet most often in yoga classes, and each takes less than a minute...
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Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose) is a low plank: you balance on your hands and toes with the elbows bent and the body held in one straight line, a few centimetres above the floor. It is the lowering move in every Sun Salutation, between Plank Pose and Upward-Facing Dog, so in a...
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Unusual Yoga Styles: Acro, Laughter, Goat, Nude Yoga and More

Unusual Yoga Styles: Acro, Laughter, Goat, Nude Yoga and More

Unusual yoga styles are modern spin-offs that add something new to a yoga class: a partner, an animal, a hammock, a paddleboard, a drink, or no clothes at all. The best known are acro yoga, laughter yoga, goat yoga, aerial yoga, SUP yoga and nude yoga. Most of them are less than 30 years old,...
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Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand): How to Do It Step by Step

Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand): How to Do It Step by Step

Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand) is an inversion in which you balance upside down on your hands, arms straight, with your body in one long line above your shoulders. The name means downward-facing tree. Most people learn it against a wall first and spend months, sometimes years, on the...
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