Similarly to April, May can tend to be a soggy month. According to Ayurveda, we can combat the rainy day blues by eating plenty of refreshing and uplifting foods to… Read More→
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The Best Free Yoga Videos for May 2020
The month of May summons in positive energy, warmth, rebirth, and new beginnings. This is a great time of year to focus on self-care, nurturing projects, and taking chances to… Read More→
6 Ways CBD Can Improve Your Yoga Practice
CBD and Yoga are great compliments. Taking a few drops of a CBD oil before you step on your yoga mat can help you get in the right mindset to… Read More→
The Best Supplements to Improve Your Yoga and Life
Maintaining perfect nutrition is challenging for those of us who lead a modern and busy lifestyle. We can certainly come close to attaining the proper amounts of protein, vitamins, and… Read More→
May Giveaway: Heartscent Chakra Oils
We’ve teamed up with our friends at Heartscent for this month’s yoga giveaway sweepstakes prize. For the month of May, YogaBasics readers can have a chance to win a full set of… Read More→
Why Taking Great Pictures Is Important For Your Yoga Studio
Photographs are one of the best tools to communicate and tell a story. Successful yoga professionals understand and value the power, beauty, and importance of photos of exceptionally well-executed yoga… Read More→
The Best Yogic Recipes for April 2020
They say April showers bring May flowers, but they also bring out feelings of sluggishness and heaviness thanks to increased humidity in the air. So if you’ve been feeling a… Read More→
The Best Free Yoga Videos for April 2020
As springtime emerges this year many of us are under stay-at-home orders, which can create strong feelings of tension, worry, sadness, loneliness, and anxiety. Many of the videos in this… Read More→
Why Do Yogis Say Namaste? (Definition, Meaning and Proper Use)
If you have ever taken a yoga class, you have probably heard the instructor end with bowing and saying “Namaste.” In India, this Sanskrit word and gesture is common and… Read More→
5 Reasons Yoga Is Great for Men
The notion that yoga is only for women is as outdated and incorrect as the idea that yoga is easy. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, yoga… Read More→
4 Powerful Ways to Cultivate Self-Compassion in Yoga
In a modern yoga-scape littered with self-development literature and enlightenment-centric teachings, some of yoga’s finer—and more beautiful—teachings are often overlooked. Self-compassion is one such teaching that’s particularly emphasized in the… Read More→
Visualization Meditation: Types, Techniques and Tips
What do you see when you meditate? Perhaps your answer is a resounding “nothing!”–and this is perfectly okay. However, even though a state of meditation is often cultivated through the withdrawal… Read More→
How Crystals Can Change The Energy In Your Home
A yogi’s home is a special place to find comfort, peace, and solace in a busy and hectic life. It’s the place where you can fully unwind, be nurtured, and… Read More→
The Best Yogic Recipes for March 2020
While the weather can be unpredictable in the transitional period between winter and spring, in general, it tends to be wet. March is an especially “watery” month, when snow melts… Read More→
The Best Free Yoga Videos for March 2020
We all know that holding tension and stress in parts of our bodies can lead to discomfort, disease, and pain. The worry, fear, and uncertainty of the recent COVID-19 pandemic… Read More→
Karma Yoga: the Path of Selfless Action
The yogic concept of Karma has become commonplace all around the globe. Most likely because the law of karma is simple and understandable–you reap what you sow. Karma yoga is one of… Read More→
6 Reasons to Practice Daily Sun Salutations
I didn’t fully realize the power of daily sun salutations until I briefly stopped doing them. Wow, what it difference it made. It was like going off coffee. During this… Read More→
Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Wisdom
Yoga began as a mental practice to discover techniques and methods of using the mind to decrease suffering and to discover and create more contentment, joy, and peace. As yoga… Read More→
4 Paths to Find Empowerment in Yoga
It is easy to feel disempowered. Our always on-the-go culture makes us feel overwhelmed, overworked, and exhausted. It is all too common to experience insecurity, low self-worth, and anxiety throughout the… Read More→
The Five Yamas of Yoga: Definition & Practice Tips
At the beginning of Patanjali’s eight-fold path of yoga lays the Yamas: the moral, ethical and societal guidelines for the practicing yogi. These guidelines are all expressed in the positive,… Read More→
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