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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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Om (Aum) Mantra: Meaning, How to Chant It and a 10-Minute Class

Om (Aum) Mantra: Meaning, How to Chant It and a 10-Minute Class

Om (Sanskrit: ॐ, also written Aum) is the best-known mantra in yoga: a single syllable, chanted aloud or repeated silently, used to focus the mind before and during meditation. In the Upanishads it stands for Brahman, the whole of reality, and in the Yoga Sutras Patanjali calls it pranava, the...
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Savasana (Corpse Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Savasana (Corpse Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Savasana (Corpse Pose) is the yoga pose in which you lie flat on your back, arms and legs relaxed, and stay still and awake for several minutes. It usually closes a yoga class, and it is also used between poses for rest. The body does almost nothing. The work is to let every muscle go without...
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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

You can take five full Yogateket classes for free on this page: a Hatha hamstring stretch, an Ashtanga Sun Salutation with Ujjayi breathing, a Vinyasa twist flow, a pranayama class and a kettlebell yoga workout. Each one is 20-30 minutes long and level 1 or 1-2. Press play on the video, no...
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Pavanamuktasana (Wind-Removing Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

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

Pavanamuktasana (Wind-Removing Pose) is a yoga pose done lying on your back, where you hug one knee or both knees in toward your chest. It gently presses the thighs into the belly and rounds the lower back against the floor. The name refers to its best-known use: it can help you pass trapped...
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Buddhi: Meaning, the Intellect in Yoga Philosophy and Buddhi Yoga

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

Buddhi (Sanskrit: बुद्धि) is the part of the mind that knows, judges and decides. It is usually translated as "intellect", but "discernment" is closer: in yoga philosophy buddhi is the faculty that looks at what the senses and thoughts bring in and settles what it is and what to do...
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Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III): How to Do It Step by Step

Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Best Yoga Mats: Our Review of Travel, Hot Yoga and Eco-Friendly Mats

Best Yoga Mats: Our Review of Travel, Hot Yoga and Eco-Friendly Mats

Yogateket Reviews
Trikonasana (Triangle Pose): How to Do It Step by Step, Plus Variations

Trikonasana (Triangle Pose): How to Do It Step by Step, Plus Variations

Yoga Asanas
Yoga Poses for Beginners: 25 Essential Poses and How to Do Them

Yoga Poses for Beginners: 25 Essential Poses and How to Do Them

Yoga Asanas
Glutes and Yoga: Glute Anatomy, Poses to Strengthen and Stretch

Glutes and Yoga: Glute Anatomy, Poses to Strengthen and Stretch

Essential Yoga Body Parts
Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana (Standing Split): How to Do It Step by Step

Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana (Standing Split): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward-Facing Dog): How to Do It Step by Step

Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward-Facing Dog): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas