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What to Wear to Hot Yoga: Clothes, Fabrics and What to Bring

What to Wear to Hot Yoga: Clothes, Fabrics and What to Bring

For hot yoga, wear fitted clothes in a light, quick-drying synthetic fabric: high-waisted leggings or shorts and a close-fitting tank or sports bra. Skip cotton, loose tops and anything heavy, because they soak up sweat and slide around. Practise barefoot, and bring a towel for your mat and a...
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Yoga Twists: What They Do and How to Twist Safely

Yoga Twists: What They Do and How to Twist Safely

Yoga twists are poses in which you rotate your spine, turning the chest one way while the hips stay steady or turn the other way. They move the middle back, stretch the muscles along the ribs and waist, and train the obliques that make the rotation. The popular claim that twists wring waste out...
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How to Start a Yoga Journal: What to Write, With a Template

How to Start a Yoga Journal: What to Write, With a Template

A yoga journal is a notebook where you write down what happens in your practice: how your body and breath felt, what you learned, what you want to work on next time. To start one, keep it short. Write three to five lines right after each class, answer the same few questions every time, and keep...
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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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Yoga Injuries: 10 Tips to Practise Asana Safely

Yoga Injuries: 10 Tips to Practise Asana Safely

Yoga injuries are uncommon, and most of them are strains and sprains rather than serious damage. They tend to happen in the same places: the lower back, shoulders, wrists, knees, hamstrings and neck. The usual causes are forcing range you do not have yet, loading a joint that is not warmed up or...
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