Yoga Matters: Mood Boosters

Bella Breakdown This mood-boosting episode of Yoga Matters is absolutely perfect for kicking the negative vibes and getting back to the positive! Start in tabletop position, then press your heels back into downward dog, then into plank position and lower in a push-up position down to the ground. Push up into cobra, then down to the floor with your face resting on the floor. Interlace your fingers behind your back and lift your legs and chest up toward the sky. Move back into child’s pose, then push up into a seated position. End in this position in a meditation,...

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Learn 3 Stress-Busting Yoga Moves

Bella Breakdown Sometimes we carry so much tension in the head, neck and shoulders from stress that we didn’t even know we were stressing about! These moves are a great way of relieving all that pressure and getting back to your equilibrium without all those stressors hanging on. Start at the front of the mat in Eagle Pose, which is great not only for focus but for relieving all that tension in the shoulder by crossing one arm over the other and twisting your body. Next, unwind and open into Warrior Three. Point one leg straight out and balance on your...

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How to Clean Your Yoga Mat

Bella Breakdown There’s nothing less relaxing than going through your first sun salutation and realizing that the smelly mat in the room belong to you. Just like any other piece of fitness equipment, yoga mats requires periodic cleaning. Unlike other excise gear, your relationship with your mat is very personal, you sweat on it, put your face on, breath deeply into it, so you don’t want to cover it with all manner of bleaching solutions. Instead try this natural approach. Cut a lemon in half and squeeze the juice through a strainer directly onto your mat. Then wash with...

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Yoga for an Achy Neck and Back

Bella Breakdown These yoga moves are perfect for a sore back after a long days work or an achy neck from sitting at a desk all day. Go on, get some comfy clothes and give these a try! Start with the Rabbit position. Start on your shins and hold on your ankles. Put the top of your head on the floor and move forward, arching your back and hold for 5 breaths. Sit to one side for Mermaid and walk your hand over towards the feet and really stretch that top arm long then drop your elbow and stretch...

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Yoga 101: Learn How to Do a Crow Pose

Bella Breakdown Crow is one of those intimidating yoga poses that somehow all of your friends on Instagram can do on the beach. Well, for all the times you’ve tried and landed on you head, here’s a 20-day guaranteed method for find your nirvana in the crow pose. The first five days just start in a squat, spread your legs just past the sides of your mat putting your elbows on the insides of your legs strengthening the lower half of your body for 5-8 breaths. For the next five days have your hands on the matt and get...

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