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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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The 5 Niyamas of Yoga: Meaning and How to Practise Them

The 5 Niyamas of Yoga: Meaning and How to Practise Them

The niyamas are the five personal observances of yoga: Saucha (cleanliness), Santosha (contentment), Tapas (discipline), Svadhyaya (study) and Ishvara Pranidhana (devotion or surrender). Patanjali lists them in Yoga Sutra 2.32 as the second of the eight limbs of yoga, right after the yamas. The...
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Yoga Challenges for Beginners: How to Pick One and Finish It

Yoga Challenges for Beginners: How to Pick One and Finish It

A yoga challenge is a set number of days, usually 7, 21 or 30, where you commit to practising yoga every day or on a fixed schedule. For beginners the best challenge is short daily classes, 10-20 minutes at level 1, with the same start time each day. The point is the habit. Nobody needs to...
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The 5 Yamas of Yoga: Meaning, Sutras and How to Practise Them

The 5 Yamas of Yoga: Meaning, Sutras and How to Practise Them

The yamas are the five ethical restraints that open the eight limbs of yoga in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: ahimsa (non-harming), satya (truthfulness), asteya (non-stealing), brahmacharya (restraint of the senses, traditionally celibacy) and aparigraha (non-grasping). They describe how you treat...
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Krishnamacharya: Who He Was and the Yoga Styles of His Lineage

Krishnamacharya: Who He Was and the Yoga Styles of His Lineage

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888-1989) was an Indian yoga teacher and scholar, often called "the father of modern yoga". Most of the posture-based yoga taught in studios today traces back to him through his students: Ashtanga Vinyasa (K. Pattabhi Jois), Iyengar Yoga (B.K.S. Iyengar), Viniyoga...
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Asana: The Third of the 8 Limbs of Yoga Explained

Asana: The Third of the 8 Limbs of Yoga Explained

Asana (Sanskrit: आसन) is the third of the eight limbs of yoga and means "seat". In Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, asana is a posture that is steady and comfortable, a seat you can hold for meditation. In yoga classes today the word means any yoga pose, from Mountain Pose to a handstand. What...
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