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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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Brahma: The Hindu Creator God and His Place in Yoga

Brahma: The Hindu Creator God and His Place in Yoga

Brahma (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मा) is the Hindu god of creation. Together with Vishnu, who preserves the world, and Shiva, who destroys it so it can begin again, he forms the Trimurti, the "three forms" of the divine. He is shown with four faces, sitting on a lotus, and he rides a swan. In...
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Buddha Meaning: Who the Buddha Was and What He Taught

Buddha Meaning: Who the Buddha Was and What He Taught

Buddha (Sanskrit and Pali: बुद्ध) means "the awakened one". It is a title, not a name. It is given to Siddhartha Gautama, the teacher from the north of ancient India whose teaching became Buddhism, and in Buddhist tradition to anyone who wakes up fully to how things are. When people...
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Brahman: Meaning in Hinduism and Yoga

Brahman: Meaning in Hinduism and Yoga

Brahman (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मन्, brahman) is the name Hindu philosophy gives to the ultimate reality: the one ground that everything in the universe comes from, rests in and returns to. The Upanishads teach that Brahman is also what you are at the deepest level, your true self or...
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Hot 60: A 60-Minute Hot Yoga Sequence, Block by Block

Hot 60: A 60-Minute Hot Yoga Sequence, Block by Block

Hot 60 is a 60-minute hot yoga sequence built on the 26 postures of Bikram yoga, with a few extra blocks: a kneeling warm-up, core work and Crow Pose, Bridge and Wheel, and a headstand series. You hold each pose still, in the same order as a Bikram class, and practise in a heated room if you...
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Meditation for Self-Love: A Loving-Kindness Practice, Step by Step

Meditation for Self-Love: A Loving-Kindness Practice, Step by Step

A meditation for self-love is a short, repeated practice in which you sit still and direct kind wishes toward yourself, usually with a few silent phrases such as "May I be safe. May I be at ease." The best-known form is loving-kindness meditation, called metta bhavana in the Buddhist tradition....
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Free Online Yoga Classes: Five Full Classes to Try at Home

Free Online Yoga Classes: Five Full Classes to Try at Home

Yoga Practice
Gluten-Free Roasted Almond and Blueberry Breakfast Muffins

Gluten-Free Roasted Almond and Blueberry Breakfast Muffins

Yoga Food Recipes
Pavanamuktasana (Wind-Removing Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Pavanamuktasana (Wind-Removing Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Buddhi: Meaning, the Intellect in Yoga Philosophy and Buddhi Yoga

Buddhi: Meaning, the Intellect in Yoga Philosophy and Buddhi Yoga

Yoga Lingo
Manipura Chakra: Meaning, Location and How It Is Practised

Manipura Chakra: Meaning, Location and How It Is Practised

Yoga Lingo
Camatkarasana (Wild Thing Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Camatkarasana (Wild Thing Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Sasangasana (Rabbit Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Sasangasana (Rabbit Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Supta Vajrasana (Fixed Firm Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Supta Vajrasana (Fixed Firm Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas