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Choosing the perfect yoga mat can be an overwhelming task with so many options to choose from. Your ideal mat should depend on your individual needs to make the most of your practice. Some examples include the amount of traction needed, thickness, length, eco-friendly, budget, design, etc. Learn more about how to find the right mat for you this week on our blog.

🪷 Restorative yoga can offer a much-needed pause in our fast-paced lives, providing deep rest that is both relaxing and regenerative. As a result, we are can emerge from our practice feeling refreshed and renewed. 🌿
💜 Let us know your favorite restorative poses in the comments!

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A beautiful spring combination! 🌱🌎💧

Hugger Mugger Zafu Meditation Cushion in Rain

Yoga Design Lab Combo Yoga Mat (2-in-1 mat + towel) in Earth Green

We're looking forward to a fun spring collaboration with Yoga Design Lab and Hugger Mugger Yoga Products. Happening soon! 💚🩵💜

HUGGER MUGGER x YOGA DESIGN LAB
The Perfect Mat(ch).

Hugger Mugger Yoga Products is thrilled to announce our partnership with Yoga Design Lab, an innovative leader in eco-friendly yoga gear!

This collaboration signifies a union of two respected brands in the yoga community with a shared commitment to elevating the yoga experience and promoting sustainability and environmental responsibility.

Bringing together decades of industry experience, this collaboration is poised to make a significant impact on the evolving yoga landscape.

By combining Hugger Mugger's legendary product expertise and Yoga Design Lab's innovative design capabilities, the partnership aims to create a powerful synergy.

The companies will leverage their collective strengths to develop a broader collection of eco-conscious yoga mats, props, meditation cushions, towels, and other essential accessories.

In addition to each company's current product offerings, yoga enthusiasts can expect an array of products that not only enhance their practice, but also embrace aesthetic beauty and functionality.

The collaboration will tap into Yoga Design Lab's innovative design team, who have consistently pushed the boundaries of creativity, while maintaining the same quality and craftsmanship that studios and teachers have come to love and trust from Hugger Mugger.

Both companies will start selling each other's product line to their value customers in the near future.

Live Beautiful and Celebrate the Journey!

Bolster your yoga practice! Take 20% off all yoga bolsters at huggermugger.com. Offer ends February 29, 2024. SRP only.

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Have you ever used a yoga bolster? The support and comfort they provide can truly enhance your yoga practice. Order your new bolster today and experience a new level of relaxation and mindfulness.

Hugger Mugger yoga bolsters can be trusted to support students of all body types. These bolsters won’t bend or collapse when they are slanted on blocks. This is not the case with other brands. Learn more...

Perfect Support: Slanted Yoga Bolsters | Hugger Mugger Yoga Products The solid foam core in Hugger Mugger’s Bolsters give stable support in poses that require slanted yoga bolsters.

Both a blessing and a curse, check out this great article from The Guardian with tips for the flexible and hypermobile.

I feel smug in yoga class, but is hypermobility a blessing or a curse? Simone Biles and Michael Phelps are among those with excessively mobile joints. But will this leave them prone to pain and falls in older age? Not if they stay strong and active, research suggests

Yoga cues can make or break your teaching. Here are some ways to simplify and refine the cues you give, giving students breathing space.

Yoga Cues: Simple and Effective | Hugger Mugger Yoga Products

HOW TO PRACTICE PARIVRTTA ARDHA CHANDRASANA

1. Gather your props: a Yoga Mat and Yoga Block. If you are tall, you might want to use a 5-Inch Big Foam Yoga Block.

2. Place a Yoga Block on its tallest setting on the floor a foot or so in front of you and toward the left side of your mat. You can adjust the distance and the height once you move into the pose.

3. Stand in Tadasana (Mountain Pose) at one end of your mat.

4. Place your hands on your pelvic rim.

5. Shift your weight onto your right leg.

6. Lift your left leg up behind you, allowing your torso to tip forward until it is parallel to the floor.

7. Place your left hand on your block, and begin rotating your torso to the right. Keep your right hand on your hip.

8. If your torso is fully twisted to the right, you can raise your right arm up toward the ceiling. If your torso is even slightly facing the floor, keep your hand on your hip.

9. Take 3 to 5 deep breaths in the pose.

10. Turn your torso back to face the floor, then lift back up to Tadasana.

11. Repeat on your other side.

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Yoga is for lovers! Take $14 off your purchase of $70 or more at huggermugger.com. Offer ends February 14, 2024. SRP only. Use Coupon Code: YOGALOVE

This Valentine's Day, surprise the one you love with the gift of yoga. This gesture transcends the material and speaks to the essence of well-being. During this season of love, remember that the most profound relationship you can cultivate is the one with yourself.

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” - Mahatma Gandhi

🎉 Introducing 2 NEW Para Rubber Yoga Mat Colors:

💙 Cobalt: Connect with a regal, vibrant blue
🩷 Twilight Mauve: Flow with a subtle, muted rose

Nonslip? Check. Eco-friendly? Yup. Easy on the knees? You’ll love the cushion! The Para Rubber Mat features two sides with two different grippy textures. Take your practice to the next level with this mat’s unmatched stability and support.

How thick do you like your yoga mat? Our Ultimate Cushion Mat provides 3/8” of cushioning for your bones and joints, while maintaining a grippy surface for your practice. Your knees will love it.

Forward bends are some of yoga’s most common, and iconic, poses. You can practice forward bends from standing, sitting or even lying down.

Forward bends promote lengthening in the muscles of the back, hips and hamstrings. Keeping muscles of the back, hips and hamstrings supple can also be healthy for your spine.

Relaxed muscles in the hips and hamstrings help you maintain your spine’s natural “S” curves. Tight hamstrings can position the pelvis so that the tailbone is tucked under, a recipe for lumbar disc problems down the road.

Practicing seated forward bends with a Yoga Bolster can help promote a healthy spine and calm mind.

Yoga Bolster Love: 2 Easeful Forward Bends | Hugger Mugger Yoga Seated forward bends are some of yoga’s most common poses. Practicing with a yoga bolster can promote a healthy spine and a calm mind.

Which meditation cushion is right for you?

• Zafus are the traditional, round meditation cushion. At about five inches high, Zafus will be more than sufficient for comfortable sitting for most people.

• Zen Cushions are similar in height to Zafus, but rectangular and wider in shape. Whether you choose the Zafu or Zen is a matter of personal preference.

• The V-Shaped Cushion slants downward to support your entire leg and encourages your pelvis to tilt forward.

• A Zabuton is a wide, rectangular, cotton-filled pillow. Placing a Zabuton under your meditation cushion or bench provides comfort under your ankle bones, feet, or knees.

Find peace and stillness in 2024. Take 20% off all meditation & Zafuko cushions, eye & neck pillows, foam rollers, massage peanuts, and acupressure mats at huggermugger.com. Offer ends January 31, 2024. SRP only. Use Coupon Code: MED2024

Bringing tranquility into your life is as simple as taking 5 minutes a day. Whether you meditate or use wellness products to relax, you can create a more peaceful headspace that will help fill your cup.

An advanced yogi is one who has a two-way communication with his/her body—speaking and listening. An advanced yogi has the experience to know when he/she is too exhausted, injured or fragile to practice a particular pose. An advanced yogi’s ego is in check enough to know that what your body can or can’t do is not a measure of your commitment to yoga. The mature yoga practitioner knows that just because you can do a particular pose doesn’t mean that you should.

Advanced Yogi: It’s Not What You Think | Hugger Mugger Yoga What is an advanced yogi? Here’s a hint: it’s not necessarily the person whose body can achieve all the fancy poses.

“Nirvana is not only a word. It is a thought.” - Herman Hesse: Siddhartha

(Side note: Nirvana was also a very excellent band. 😉)

Prop your yoga practice in 2024! Take 20% off all yoga blocks, straps, blankets, wedges, and sandbags at huggermugger.com. Offer ends January 22, 2024. SRP only. Use Coupon Code: PROP24

Yoga props can enhance your practice, whether you're new to yoga or have been practicing for decades. Props offer support and versatility, making yoga enjoyable and accessible for practitioners of all levels.

Would you practice restorative yoga with this cutest, happiest doggo? 😍🐾

The presence of a furry friend can help make your yoga session even more relaxing… well, if they’re not getting in the way too much, that is. 😝

We’re curious, does your animal companion join you in your practice?

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SI joint issues are some of the most common injuries related to yoga practice. There are several reasons for this:

First, there’s the anatomically nonsensical “square your hips” instruction in standing poses that so many of us have learned and practiced for years.

Then there’s the emphasis on “hip opening” in so many yoga classes. Of course, it’s a good idea to maintain hip joint flexibility, but practicing extreme hip-opening poses without balancing it with hip-strengthening poses can destabilize the SI joint.

Try this SI joint reset pose:

SI Joint Reset: Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose | Hugger Mugger Yoga Products SI joint dysfunction may be the most common yoga-related injury. But yoga has a solution, an SI joint reset, in the form of Viparita Karani.

Have you ever tried a yoga towel? They’re a must have for hot and sweaty yogis. 🥵

Ours have added stitching throughout the towel to prevent any separation of the towel from its super-nonslip backing.

They are machine-washable and antimicrobial, too.

This towel is perfect for hot yoga, power yoga, and slippery hands and feet. Use it alone or on top of your yoga mat for extra cushioning.

Support your yoga practice in 2024! Take 20% off all yoga bolsters at huggermugger.com. Offer ends January 14, 2024. SRP only. Use Coupon Code: Bolster24

Have you ever used a yoga bolster? The support and comfort they provide can truly enhance your yoga practice. Order your new bolster today and experience a new level of relaxation and mindfulness.

How to Practice Bridge Pose with a Yoga Bolster

Supported Bridge Pose combines the benefits of backbending with those of Restorative Yoga.

While active backbends are generally stimulating, Supported Bridge is actually relaxing. When your head is below your heart and your neck is flexed, it triggers a process called the ”baroreflex.”

In a nutshell, the baroreflex suppresses the sympathetic (fight-or-flight) side of the autonomic nervous system and shifts you to the parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) side.

1. Lie on your yoga mat with your bolster close by. Place your arms close in to your sides.

2. Bend your elbows and press your upper arms into your mat to help you arch your ribcage up.

3. Straighten your arms out alongside your body, and then press your feet down into the floor. As you plant your feet, stretch your knees out away from your pelvis to lift your hips.

4. Place your yoga bolster crosswise under your pelvis—not your low back. It should be positioned under the sacroiliac (SI) joint.

5. If your knees are uncomfortable, feel free to place a yoga block between your knees and squeeze your knees into the yoga block. For this, you’d want to use the narrowest dimension of the block.

6. Relax your neck, throat and jaw, as well as your facial muscles. Breathe deeply. You can stay here for as little as a minute or two or longer—up to 15 to 20 minutes—if it’s comfortable.

7. To leave the pose, lift your hips off the bolster. Slide the bolster out from under your pelvis and set it aside. Extend your arms out overhead and slowly roll your spine down onto the floor.

8. Stay here for several breaths, allowing your back body to soften into your mat.

For the quarter spanning January through March 2024, a percentage of Hugger Mugger’s net sales will go to Veterans Yoga Project. Please join us in supporting this organization’s crucial and inspiring work.

Hugger Mugger was established in 1986 to help people in their practice of yoga. 38 years later, we still maintain the philosophy that it is important to assist the people in our community. Throughout the years, we have donated our time and products to a number of different charities. A percentage of all online sales is donated to a different organization each quarter. Thank you for the difference you will make when you choose a new Hugger Mugger product.

Join Us in Supporting Veterans Yoga Project | Hugger Mugger Yoga Products Military personnel, first responders and caregivers support us all. Veterans Yoga Project supports this population with classes and training.

Approaching the new year, we invite you to reflect on the ups and downs of 2023. 🎉 As we step into a fresh chapter, we’re curious to know:

🗓️ What would you like to bring with you into the coming year? What would you like to let go of?

🧘🏾‍♂️ Is there a specific intention you’d like to set for your yoga and mindfulness practices?

👶 What is something new that you’d like to focus on for your self-growth?

Whether it’s cultivating inner peace, deepening your practice, or exploring new aspects of mindfulness, your goals matter.

Let’s inspire each other as we embrace the possibilities of a new chapter ahead. Share your thoughts and aspirations below. 👇