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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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Bhastrika Pranayama (Bellows Breath): How to Do It Step by Step

Bhastrika Pranayama (Bellows Breath): How to Do It Step by Step

Bhastrika Pranayama (Bellows Breath) is a fast, forceful yoga breathing technique in which you pump the breath in and out through the nose with the belly, like a blacksmith working the bellows. A round of rapid breaths ends with one slow, deep breath and often a short breath hold. It is one of...
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Utkatasana (Chair Pose): How to Do It Step by Step, Plus Variations

Utkatasana (Chair Pose): How to Do It Step by Step, Plus Variations

Utkatasana (Chair Pose) is a standing yoga pose in which you bend your knees and sit your hips back as if lowering onto an invisible chair, arms reaching up beside your ears. It works the fronts of the thighs, the glutes and the muscles along the spine, and it builds heat fast. Bikram yoga calls...
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Yoga at Home for Beginners: 10 Tips to Get Started

Yoga at Home for Beginners: 10 Tips to Get Started

Yes, you can start yoga at home as a beginner. You need a floor space the length of your body, a mat or a folded blanket, and a class that is labelled for beginners. Start with 15-30 minutes, two or three times a week, and repeat the same class until you know the poses before you try something...
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Bakasana (Crow Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Bakasana (Crow Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Bakasana (Crow Pose) is an arm balance in which you squat, plant your hands, rest your knees high on the backs of your upper arms and tip forward until your feet leave the floor. It is usually the first arm balance people learn, and it takes more technique than strength: the lift comes from...
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Sivananda Yoga: The 12 Poses, the 5 Points and the Styles From His Lineage

Sivananda Yoga: The 12 Poses, the 5 Points and the Styles From His Lineage

Sivananda Yoga is a classical, slow form of Hatha yoga built on the teachings of Swami Sivananda Saraswati (1887-1963) and brought to the West by his disciple Swami Vishnudevananda. A class follows a fixed shape: Savasana, breathing exercises, a 12-round Sun Salutation, the same 12 basic...
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