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What’s Changed & What’s Better? After years of serving yogis with high-quality tools and thoughtful design through our original website, we’re thrilled to introduce a major upgrade: our brand-new Shopify-powered...

Yoga props aren’t a sign you’re doing less—they’re a way to practice smarter. At Hugger Mugger, we’ve spent over 40 years designing props that support real bodies and real practices,...

Starting a new class of any kind can be intimidating. We never know what we’re in for. Lots of questions arise: Will it be too challenging—or too easy? Will I...

Recently a former high school classmate posted a meme that caught my eye. It went something like this: “At my age, when I drop something on the floor I have...

There are a handful of yoga poses that I’d classify as “complicated.” By complicated, I’m referring to the number of elements that need to line up in order for a...

Few things in life are more comforting than curling up in Balasana (Child’s Pose). Balasana quiets the mind and restores spent energy. Among its many benefits, Balasana focuses the breath...

What are your go-to poses right after you step onto your mat? I like to warm up with a “gooey” Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose). By gooey, I mean...

John Szewczyk-9173643533-COPYRIGHTED Sometimes when I look back at my early yoga teaching, I have to cringe a little (or sometimes, a lot!). Like most yoga teachers, I’ve never taught classes...

Images of witches, ghosts, black cats, zombies and skeletons abound this month. These iconic images are meant to be scary, and some of them are—although I have to say that...

As yoga teachers, we face different learner types in every class we teach. Some people are visual learners. Demonstrating poses clicks in for this group. Others respond to manual adjustments....

Asana, the physical practice, is the most recognizable of the eight limbs of yoga. If you mention “yoga,” most people will automatically picture a person in some beautiful, bendy position....

When we think of balancing in yoga, Tree Pose (Vrksasana) is often the first pose that comes to mind. Of course, there are lots of other poses that can challenge,...