• Welcome to the New Hugger Mugger Website

    Welcome to the New Hugger Mugger Website

    By Rachel Kimura

    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...

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  • Quick Tips for Using Yoga Props

    Quick Tips for Using Yoga Props

    By Rachel Kimura

    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,...

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  • Yoga Class in Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)

    Got a Yoga Novice On Your List? Some Beginner Yoga Gift Ideas

    By Hugger Mugger

    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...

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  • Prasarita Padottanasana

    Gratitude for Yoga Practice

    By Charlotte Bell

    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...

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  • Two Women in Revolved Side Angle Pose

    Peak Pose: Revolved Side Angle Pose

    By Charlotte Bell

    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...

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  • Balasana: Bolster Your Child’s Pose

    Balasana: Bolster Your Child’s Pose

    By Hugger Mugger

    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...

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  • Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog) Blog

    Yoga Warmup: 3 Basic Fuzz-Busting Poses

    By Charlotte Bell

    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...

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  • Baddhakonasana

    Why Don’t My Knees Reach the Floor in Baddhakonasana?

    By Charlotte Bell

    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...

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  • yoga for osteoporosis

    Beef Up Your Skeleton: Yoga for Osteoporosis

    By Charlotte Bell

    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...

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  • Change Up Your Yoga Cues

    Change Up Your Yoga Cues

    By Charlotte Bell

    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....

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  • Sukhasana

    Yoga 101: Asana - The 3rd Limb

    By Charlotte Bell

    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....

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  • Stabilize Your Center: Yoga for Core Strength

    Stabilize Your Center: Yoga for Core Strength

    By Hugger Mugger

    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,...

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