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The 6 Best FREE Home Workouts for Physical and Mental Fitness

6 Best Free Home Workouts during Lockdown Covid-19 Coronavirus

With many of us spending a little extra time at home of late, home workouts have never been such a buzzword. It takes us back to the good old days of ‘fluorobics’ with Mr Motivator on GMTV (yes, we’re THAT old). 

 
And we thought that working out at home was all the rage back THEN…
 
…Pssshhh…
 
…what did we know?
 
Move over 1994, 2020 is going to be the year of home workouts.

Take this as a golden opportunity to get...


Yoga 101: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

Yoga 101: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

Yoga is a fascinating tradition that is steeped in both physical and mental benefits and, for many, is life changing. If you want to begin yoga and start a successful yoga practice, here is a complete step-by-step guide just for you!

Yoga Cyprus

Yoga Cyprus

With its beautiful subtropical Mediterranean climate, Cyprus is a wonderful island to experience and enjoy yoga alfresco all year round. Of course, sunrise and sunset sessions may be more favourable in the hot summer months but we think yoga at those times of day is even more magical.

Stretching for the Edge - Mike Taylor

Stretching for the Edge - Mike Taylor

Yoga can help anyone. Whether it be wıth mental or physical activities or both, stretching your body and focusing on movement in the moment can make you achieve super perception over your body. This is perfect for physical sports like unicycling where a lot of body parts are moving in conjunction with a lot of thoughts being calculated. 

Yoga Japan

Yoga Japan

 

Japan: The Land of the Rising Yoga Scene

It’s fair to say that Japan’s history of yoga is an interesting but blemished one: Accounts of alleged sexual misconduct of Bikram Choudhury and the terrorist activity of the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo have somewhat tainted and stalled the yoga scene in Japan.

Bikram Choudhury, an Indian yoga teacher and yoga champion, opened his first yoga studios outside of India in Japan in the 1970s. In the depths of Japan’s cold winters, he found himself shivering through his asanas and so added...