Yoga for Beginners using Props

What's the Best Yoga for Beginners?

What is the best way to start a yoga practice? Explore all the styles of yoga to find out which one is best suited to you.
April 14, 2024 — Shelley Gordon
Relieve Knee Pain in Yoga

Relieve Knee Pain in Yoga

How to relieve Knee Pain while practicing yoga with our signature, flax-filled Knee Pillows.
Finding Your Yoga Practice - Love My Mat

Finding Your Yoga Practice

Sarah (she/her) shares her personal movement journey and tools that can help you feel your best self through your own mindfulness journey. Learn how yoga, meditation and our products can have a positive impact on your physical and mental wellbeing. 

Why You Need to Add Sandbags to Your Practice - Love My Mat

Why You Need to Add Sandbags to Your Practice

Why you need Love My Mat Sandbags for your yoga practice and strength training. What makes our Sandbags as special as you and fun ways to add weight to your practice.
How to Enjoy Yoga - Love My Mat

How to Enjoy Yoga

Starting a yoga practice comes with its own set of challenges - here are our tips on how to make the most of it and enjoy yoga!
How to use Yoga Blocks

How To Use Yoga Blocks

How to make the most of your yoga blocks. Learn some fun, challenging and supportive ways to use yoga blocks in advanced and beginner poses.
Love My Mat 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

Calm Home for the Holidays - 2020 Gift Guide

Share your passion for all things yoga, meditation & sustainable living with your loved ones this season. Check out our Holiday Gift Guide for how to share our props and products with the non-yogis in your life.
Yoga & Meditation Gift Guide

Love My Mat Holiday Gift Guide

Share your passion for all things yoga, meditation & sustainable living with your loved ones this season. Check out our Holiday Gift Guide for how to share our props and products with the non-yogis in your life.
Using an audible exhalation in standing forward fold will help release tension, physically and emotionally.

Release Using Pranayama

The Hindu god, Ganesha (depicted with the head of an elephant)  hangs above my doorway.  Lord Ganesha is often shown with one of his tusks broken or completely missing.  The tradition of...
How to be Mindful - Love My Mat

How to be Mindful

Your focus determines your reality. In times when it seems that everyone is feeling compressed, misunderstood and marginalized, the practice of mindfulness becomes even more crucial to slow the litany...