Best Yoga Blogs.

What Is A Sattvic Mind? The Yoga Idea Behind Feeling Clear, Calm And Steady

What is a sattvic mind? A plain explanation of sattva, rajas and tamas, the three gunas, how yoga and pranayama cultivate a clear, steady mind, and what research has found so far.

Daily Yoga Habit: Why I Started, And How My Body Changed My Mind

Stuart McGill in Tree Pose with arms raised at Edith Falls

Stuart McGill, Flametree teacher, on the photo that got him started, the surprises of a daily yoga habit, and why physical practice changed his mind and behaviour more reliably than willpower ever did.

Yoga Sandbag: Why Iyengar Yoga Uses Weights To Help You Let Go

Sandbags in yoga: Chris Lalor in reclining bound angle pose with a sandbag resting on the legs

Why does Iyengar yoga put a sandbag on your legs, chest or back? Chris Lalor explains how a yoga sandbag helps muscles let go, quietens the mind, and shows you where you hold tension.

Yoga For Hip Pain: How Iyengar Poses Look After Your Hip Joints

Chris Lalor in Reclining Big Toe Pose II with a belt on a Darwin beach

Yoga for hip pain, from Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher Chris Lalor: why so many people get hip pain, the six movements that keep a hip healthy, which poses are taught, and B.K.S. Iyengar’s approach to living with pain.

Seated Forward Bend: Why It Feels So Hard, And How To Surrender Into It

Chris Lalor in a seated forward bend on the rocks in the Top End

Why does a seated forward bend feel so hard, and what does surrender really mean in yoga? Chris Lalor’s own story of short hamstrings, props and learning to stay, plus the benefits of forward bends in Iyengar yoga.