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In this month’s issue

Happy New You: Special Report

Stress Busters

OM Meets… Ravi Dixit

Slow Metal Flow Yoga

A Day Of Presence

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A Quiet Revolution In Youth Mental Health

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Moinhos Velhos

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My Secret Place – Rob Lahoud

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The Ancient Ritual of Hair Oiling

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Yoga Retreats 2026: Special Report

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Yoga at Home: Energising Morning Pilates Flow

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A 360º overview of Warrior 2 (Virabhadrasana 2)

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Mindful Ascent: Where Climbing Meets Meditation

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The Willful Warrior

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Manifestation: 5 Vedic Insights

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Yoga For All

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Featured article of the month

Huzur Vadisi: Yoga Retreats in Turkey, Spain, Wales and Norway

Sponsored Article Facilitating yoga retreats for over thirty years Reading time: 3 minutes Feel the benefits of a retreat Whether you are looking for a way to manage the stress of daily life, or you’re just looking for a life affirming, enjoyable holiday, regular yoga practice will help bring you back into balance. Enjoy life more fully, be present, breathe, energise and relax. A week-long retreat can really ground you in establishing or deepening your existing practice or set you…

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From Our Writers

Finding Balance: The Mat Saves Me Every Time

By Carla Stephenson

Stress Proof Your Day

By Ruth Delahunty

Create Miracles in Your Life with Sagittarius-Inspired Yoga

By Jilly Shipway

7 surprising foods that can drain your energy

7 surprising foods that can drain your energy

By Emma Thornton

Have you ever woken up feeling tired and sluggish and struggled all day to shift these feelings of fatigue? Or, maybe it comes to 3pm...

cacao healthy

Chocolate – naughty, but nice! Find out more about this popular treat – why is cacao healthy?

By Wendy Jacob

Find out more about this popular treat - why is cacao healthy? Eat chocolate and stay healthy Yes, it's true, but, as ever, there are...

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Caring for ourselves: it really is ok

By James Adams

If filling another person's cup requires emptying our own, are we really being kind in the purest sense? By James Adams There are so many...

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Active Yoga

Yoga Anatomy: Intense Side Stretch Pose (Parsvottanasana)

A 360º overview of… Intense Side Stretch Pose (Parsvottanasana) With Dr Kiki Morriss If you practice Intense Side Stretch regularly, it will bring balance and stability to…

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Intense Side Stretch Pose Yoga Anatomy

Yoga Anatomy: Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana)

A 360º overview of… Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana) With Dr Kiki Morriss Seated Forward Bend lengthens the entire posterior kinetic chain at the back of your body….

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Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana)

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Special Report

Articles, Magazine, Retreats, Special Report, Travel

See you at Sewall

Enjoy magical Maine at Sewall House Yoga and Wellness Retreat in the USA Sewall House Yoga and…

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Yoga Retreats 2026: Special Report

Rediscover your inner fire this year on a once-in-a-lifetime yoga retreat – the ultimate antidote to the…

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Featured article of the month

Huzur Vadisi: Yoga Retreats in Turkey, Spain, Wales and Norway

Sponsored Article Facilitating yoga retreats for over thirty years Reading time: 3 minutes Feel the benefits of a retreat Whether you are looking for a way to manage the stress of daily life, or you’re just looking for a life affirming, enjoyable holiday, regular yoga practice will help bring you back into balance. Enjoy life more fully, be present, breathe, energise and relax. A week-long retreat can really ground you in establishing or deepening your existing practice or set you…

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Yoga Wear

Mindful Wardrobe Choices That Complement Your Yoga Practice

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Colour Flow

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Yoga Gear

Special Report: Yoga Gear Guide

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Food for the Soul

Vegan Jazz Apple, Parsnip & Mushroom Wellington

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Caramel Jazz Apples Upside Down Cake

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Sunshine Squares with Chocolate Chunks

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Jazz Apple and Lentil Soup, with Spiced Croutons

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Vegan Cheese Scones

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Editor’s Choice

Yoga changed my life – Emma Gwillim

Yoga has been the ‘loyal friend’ to Emma Gwillim over the years. She now teaches others to listen to the wisdom of the body and breath as…

By Emma Gwillim

The ‘sexy’ side of yoga

Sex sells but is it an appropriate vessel for the expansion of yoga? By Sarah Highfield Looking at a large portion of yoga media, whether that be…

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How yoga saved me during my cancer fight

Yoga, meditation and prayer kept Leigh Fernandez grounded, positive and hopeful during her fight to be cancer-free. Here, the yoga instructor, based in Tenerife, tells her remarkable…

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Reconnecting to your yoga practice… after a pandemic

Millions worldwide experienced feelings of isolation and disconnection in the wake of the dreaded lockdowns. Here, Simone Scott shares her story of how she rediscovered her love…

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Get off the ‘gram

The modern yogi loves a scroll on Instagram. But the moment it becomes an unhealthy habit, fuelling unrealistic expectations or comparisons to others, it’s time to hit…

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Ravi Dixit – meet our man on the mat

Meet our Man on the Mat Ravi Dixit is OM’s inspirational ‘Man on the Mat’, encouraging more men (and everyone else) to try yoga. Here, he outlines…

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Ravi Dixit

Take me out

Prefer to practice at home? Here are five reasons to take your mat out and visit your local yoga studio this month. By Diane Ashfield There are…

By Diane Ashfield

Ageing gratefully

Learning how to age gracefully…and gratefully. How yoga can help with changes in a woman’s body, mind, and heart in the wisdom years. By Desi Bartlett Our…

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5 yoga practices for menopause anxiety & overwhelm

Using yoga to help with menopause anxiety. By Ceri Lee I remember going to the GP in my early forties convinced of an impending heart attack. It…

By Ceri Lee

menopause anxiety

OM Meets… Isabel Lankester

OM meets… Isabel Lankester You can practice with Isabel Lankester in our Yoga at Home sequence each month. Here, she tells OM a little more about her…

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Isabel Lankester

Yoga your way

A three-part series on expanding your practice to make it support your body, your life, your needs. By Esther Marie. Part One: Body When we start yoga,…

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Yoga Anatomy: Locust Pose (Salabhasana)

A 360º overview of… Locust Pose (Salabhasana) With Dr Kiki Morriss Locust Pose is a backbend that calls for considerable strength in your back and leg muscles….

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Locust Pose (Salabhasana)

Yoga at Home – Balancing souls

Balancing souls Here we move within a standing sequence to find our centre of gravity through the soles of our feet – our beloved balancing ‘souls’. Can…

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OM Yoga Awards 2023

Do you have a favourite yoga teacher or studio who you think deserves a bit of recognition? Let us know! At this year’s OM Yoga Show, we’ll…

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Memories from OM Yoga Show 2022

“Where do I start? I just loved the fact that I was part of the event. Teaching yoga is a passion and to allow one’s passion to…

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OM Yoga Show 2023

13th, 14th & 15th October 2023 | Alexandra Palace With only six months to go until the OM Yoga Show, here’s a taste of some of the…

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OM Yoga Show 2023

SILVERWIND style

SILVERWIND Style Introducing the latest collection from SILVERWIND, a yoga and activewear brand that draws inspiration from nature to create a high performance, colourful and sustainable premium…

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Silverwind

Planet Yoga – April 2023

Planet yoga Stories from around the weird and wonderful world of yoga USA: Healthy cities San Francisco is the healthiest city in the USA, followed by Miami…

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OM Loves – April 2023

Beautiful things for beautiful people The Stix Remotes Tech-for-good start-up Stix Mindfulness has launched a new product with the aim to support children’s mental wellbeing through fun…

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Yoga is for every body – April 2023

Yoga is for every body Your pictures. Your community Maysun Hassanaly Hasu Anand in Grand Velas, Maya Riviera Buffy and Shirley, Livingston Village Lorna Fisher – Design…

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The power of rest

Rest for others as well as yourself. By Paula Hines I’m feeling a little reflective writing this, as it’s one year since my book, Rest + Calm…

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3 tools for reconnecting

By Simone Scott The following are a few simple tools from the box I’ve developed to continue my journey of discovery. These are tools I can choose…

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My Yoga Biz – Debbie Copner

MyYogaBiz Tips from the experts to help you grow the yoga business of your dreams This month’s mentor: Debbie Copner, 53, The Curly Yogi, Telford, Shropshire (thecurlyyogi.co.uk)…

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Debbie Copner

Play yoga like a child

What can we learn from children when they practice yoga? By Victoria Tso Do you practice yoga with your family? Or with other children in your life?…

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Energy-efficient cooking: save while you cook

Seven ways to cut the cost of meal times in the kitchen No one is happy about the rise in energy costs, and with the prospect of…

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Energy-efficient cooking

The Bhagavad Gita’s call to action

An appreciation of the beautiful simplicity of the Bhagavad Gita. By Marja Wilson As part of a larger work, the Bhagavad Gita is known as one of…

By Marja Wilson

How to be a human in a not-so-human world

Give up the search for perfect in this crazy world and walk towards the light. By Gopala Amir Yaffa I have always considered myself to be a…

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Seeking shadows to reclaim wholeness

Life’s challenges can loom over us like dark shadows sometimes. Finding time and space to contemplate those shadows can help us to transform them. By Lauren Bloxham…

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Finding balance through yoga

Balance is key to a stable life and yoga can be a key means to finding it across all age groups. By Fenella Lindsell More than standing…

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Mission Spitalfields

New London studio space opens in London’s Spitalfields Introducing Mission, a new yoga space that’s making a big splash in London’s trendy Spitalfields area after opening in…

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Mission Spitalfields