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OM Yoga Magazine Autumn 2025

Yoga at Home: Find Your Flow

OM Christmas Gift Guide 2025

Balls Balls Balls: The Importance of Body Rolling

Amazing Spaces – Lior Wellness Studio

OM Meets… Petra Coveney

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Moving Through Liminal Space

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Yogi of the Year – Leah Miles

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A 360º overview of Warrior 1 (Virabhadrasana 1)

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Man on the Mat with Ravi Dixit: TANDAVASANA (The Dance of Shiva)

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Caribbean Pigeon Peas and Rice

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My Story – Paul Lewis

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Rise and Reclaim

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Yoga’s Real World Impact

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Retreat at home

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eco Yoga

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Yoga is for Everybody – Autumn 25

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

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This Harvard Scientist Says Aging Is Optional—Here’s What That Actually Means

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Sacred Space, Sacred Life

By Jagadeesh Paramahangsa

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The Hardest Pose: How Restorative Yoga Makes Me a Restorative Judge

By Ed Spillane

In yoga, the hardest pose is not a headstand or deep backbend. It's savasana or corpse pose, where you lie completely still and surrender to...

The science of yoga

The science of yoga

By Fenella Lindsell

Exploring the foundations behind the science of yoga. By Fenella Lindsell Yoga is not a science, nor should it be seen in the same rationalistic...

How does Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle Affect Your Eye Health?

How does Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle Affect Your Eye Health?

By Rita Hurry

The Vital Role of Healthy Habits in Preserving Eye Health as We Age - Rita Hurry Reading time: 4 minutes Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can...

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Man on the Mat: Gorakshasana

MAN ON THE MAT with Ravi Dixit Gorakshasana Benefits Increases flexibility. This asana stretches the muscles of the feet, ankles, knees, thighs, hips and lower back and…

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Gorakshasana

Mindful Mornings: Starting Your Day with Intention

Starting your morning in the right way comes with many unrecognised benefits that can elevate your mindfulness and refresh you for the day ahead. Reading time: 4…

By Lucy Couser

Mindful Mornings: Starting Your Day with Intention

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OM Christmas Gift Guide 2025

Welcome to our ethical goodies gift list! Whether you’re contemplating the Christmas shopping this year, buying a…

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Self Care: Special Report

In today’s fast-paced world, self-care is often seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. However, taking…

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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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Food for the Soul

Sunshine Squares with Chocolate Chunks

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Vegan Cheese Scones

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Nutrition in a nutshell

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Caribbean Pigeon Peas and Rice

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Beautiful things for beautiful people Cheeky Panda Bamboo Facial Wipes Pack these Cheeky Panda Bamboo Facial Wipes in your kit bag, they’re perfect for wiping sweaty faces…

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Fire & Bliss Retreats – Fire up and bliss out

Fire & Bliss Retreats have demonstrated their power to change lives, with a potent mix of yoga, healthy food, soul-soothing activities, laughter and connection. If you need…

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Fire & Bliss Retreats

Red Sea Diving Safari

The perfect getaway for yogis with a sense of adventure Red Sea Diving Safari is the southern Red Sea’s leading tourism and diving destination. it is also…

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Red Sea DIving Safari

Adopt don’t shop

Pet rescue has become a big thing in the yoga community, with the ability to supercharge our capacity for love, kindness and transformation. Words and photography by…

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Yoga and cancer: how yoga helped one mum’s cancer journey

After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, Jodie Burnett found comfort and solace in her yoga and mindfulness practice. She’s now a qualified instructor and committed…

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Yoga and cancer

OM Books – February 2023

Teaching Yoga for the Menstrual Cycle: An Ayurvedic Approach Anja Brierley Lange £22.99Singing DragonMenstrual cycle awareness is crucially important when trying to understand the needs of your…

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Yoga and menstruation

Why you should align your yoga with your menstrual cycle. By Anja Brierley Lange Just like there are yearly seasons, and the moon changes through the month,…

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OM meets… Vidya Heisel

OM meets… Vidya Heisel Vidya Heisel, founder of Frog Lotus Yoga and Suryalila Retreat Centre in Spain, is one of the most experienced yoga teachers around. Here,…

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Yoga Anatomy: Upward-Facing Dog Pose (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana)

A 360º overview of… Upward-Facing Dog Pose (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) With Dr Kiki Morriss Upward-Facing Dog Pose is a back bending position that requires considerable strength from…

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Upward-Facing Dog

Amazing Spaces – The Space to Breathe Collective

amazing spaces The Space to Breath Collective Clock Chambers6 Hotel StreetLeicesterLE1 5AWspacetobreathecollective.co.uk The Space to Breathe Collective is a wellbeing co-operative in Leicester that offers a beautiful…

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The Space to Breathe Collective

The Happiness Explorer – February 2023

How to… tap into your own power. By Lydia Kimmerling How energetic would you feel if you were being who you want to be and doing what…

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Focus-finding yoga flow for children…and their parents!

A yoga flow sequence to help children (and adults) find focus. By Victoria Tso Do you want to share the benefits of yoga with your children but…

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yoga flow for children

Yoga Anatomy: Tree Pose (Vrksasana)

A 360º overview of… Tree Pose (Vrksasana) With Dr Kiki Morriss Tree pose is both a balancing pose and a hip opener. It will improve the strength,…

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Tree Pose

11 incredible places to meditate

We’ve partnered with the awesome book, Magical Britain: 650 Enchanted and Mystical Sites, to bring you some of the most picture perfect places to meditate and find…

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places to meditate

Look into the light – Trataka and Ceromancy

Trataka and Ceromancy are two ancient candle practices that can easily be combined. By Diane Ashfield There’s something quite symbolic and magical about lighting a candle. Whether…

By Diane Ashfield

Trataka and Ceromancy

My first yoga class

Whatever fears you may have going into your first yoga class, don’t worry… Tina McAra has been there, done it, and lived to tell the tale I…

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first yoga class

Living the teachings – set your sankalpa

Understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings. By Sue Pugh As we welcome in 2023, ask yourself: What is my longterm vision? Or: What would it actually feel like…

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Set your sankalpa

Yoga for menopause and perimenopause

How does perimenopause and menopause affect our yoga practice? By Sally Parkes What is the perimenopause and menopause? At present, we are hearing more and more about…

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Yoga for menopause and perimenopause

Honouring your threshold

Nothing will work unless you do, so be sure to take good care of yourself. By Paula Hines In my earlier days of teaching I was at…

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Honouring your threshold

The amputee yoga teacher

After losing her right leg in the 2004 tsunami in south-east Asia, Fiona Callanan has tapped her inner strength and resilience through Rocket Yoga. When life gets…

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amputee yoga

OM Meets… Liz Underwood

OM meets… Liz Underwood Featured on our cover this month, Liz Underwood blends somatics, rhythmic movements, restorative yoga and yoga nidra into her classes, courses and retreats….

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Man on the Mat – Vasisthasana

RAVI DIXIT IS THE MAN ON THE MAT Vasisthasana (Side Plank) Benefits Vasisthasana is a challenging arm balance with many benefits: It strengthens the wrists, arms, shoulders,…

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Yoga therapy for motor neurone disease

My experience as a yoga therapist working with motor neurone disease (MND). By Rachel Bilski Today, I have felt as if I haven’t got a disease.” These…

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Yoga therapy for motor neurone disease

Different is good

Yoga is for every body: celebrating our anatomical variations. By Ali Barnard Yoga is for every body! We often hear this term thrown around the studio and…

By Ali Barnard

Different is good

My Yoga Biz – Louise Walker

MyYogaBiz Tips from the experts to help you grow the yoga business of your dreams This month’s mentor: Louise Walker, 42, Hotpod Yoga Stoke, Longton (hotpodyoga.com/studios/stoke) Does…

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Louise Walker

Seeking balance with medicinal mushrooms

How the healing powers of an ancient remedy are making a comeback in the modern era It was only a matter of time before medicinal mushrooms started…

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medicinal mushrooms

Health food trends: 2023

Whole Foods Market’s top food trend predictions for 2023 Every year, popular health food store Whole Foods Market compiles a list of top trends it expects to…

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health food trends 2023

Colour therapy

How colour can enhance your yoga practice and your life. By Emma-Louise Hooper The science behind colour Although we see colour, the ‘colour’ of an object is…

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colour therapy

Subtle intention, sustainable change

Experiencing the pause and stillness of deep winter to find the calm within, a place to set and nurture sutble and lasting intention. By Lauren Bloxham In…

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Savasana: the hardest yoga pose?

For those with a busy mind, Savasana can be a challenge, but if you’re seeking a little self-care on the yoga mat, then it’s a pose worth…

By James Adams

savasana - the hardest yoga pose