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Why is everyone trying to do a handstand?
When I boasted to a friend that this was the year I would master the ever-elusive handstand, he wondered why everyone seemed to have this as a goal, “like it’s the epitome of fitness.” The handstand,...
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Flo Studio is the newest ladies-only pilates, barre and yoga studio in Abu Dhabi
Flo Studio would have been a mixed boutique fitness studio – for men and women to do Pilates, yoga and barre classes – if owner Fatima Al Yousef had her way. But after conducting an online survey...
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Gymnastics, contortion and social media are changing yoga – and not in a good...
You wouldn’t know it to look at Instagram, but yoga is an ancient art designed to prepare the body for meditation. Yet these days many people associate the practice with extreme flexibility and the...
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Health news UAE
There are more ways to get fit, centered and satiated than ever, beginning with two big events this weekend in Abu Dhabi. Your Health News UAE includes Bodytree, the city’s first yoga studio that will...
View ArticleHere’s how yoga boosts creativity
“Yoga is not really about getting your body healthy, though it does that too. Yoga is about gaining the knowledge that can free you.” Michael A Singer – The Untethered Soul Michael A Singer...
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The UAE’s first Bodyism is open in Abu Dhabi
In a fitness world that skews toward the extreme, the “Be kind to yourself” sign hanging outside Bodyism signals a very different gym. Also? No burpees. (More on that later.) Abu Dhabi’s eco-forward...
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Simon Borg-Olivier: Gymnastics, contortion and yoga, take 2
Editor’s note: livehealthy.ae had its first viral story with Melanie Swan’s piece, “Gymnastics, contortion and social Media are changing yoga — and not in a good way.” Not only did the story resonate...
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A yoga teacher needs more than 200 hours of training
Every month in Dubai — and increasingly, in Abu Dhabi — there are classes of eager yoga students studying and training to become yoga teachers. But how many teachers does yoga need? And how much...
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Yoga and pilates is Emirati to the core at The Studio
It has been two years since Mariam Al Sayegh opened the capital’s first ladies-only yoga and pilates space, The Studio, in a shaded villa opposite the Corniche two years ago. The former engineer and...
View Article5 yoga moves to help beat the summer heat
The hot summer months are difficult to deal with but there is one form of exercise that can help you beat the heat — yoga. Yoga can help you cool off, stay focused, healthy and happy and help calm the...
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Dubai wellness platform Core 8 wants you living your best life
Core 8, a wellness platform in Dubai, was actually born out of horrible pain. “My head felt like it was parked on a spike,” recalls co-founder Nikki Meyler. “I was taking medication every single day,...
View ArticleWhat SUP? Getting on top of working out on the water
Sophie Malpass started Super SUP Fit, which provides bespoke and boutique HIIT, pilates and yoga-inspired workouts on the water in Dubai, after working on a cruise ship as a professional dancer. Five...
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Seven Wellness in Abu Dhabi is all about healing
Neli Merris has been a mainstay on the Abu Dhabi yoga scene since she first arrived 12 years ago. Now the Bulgaria-born yoga teacher, soundworker and mother-of-two has joined forces with two Emirati...
View ArticleYour good manners guide to yoga class
As a yoga teacher, I have seen all sorts of things over the years. What seems like common sense to some is anathema to others and there are many things that are not so obvious if you’re used to going...
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Escape to the W Maldives for a wellness weekend
The W Maldives serves up its healthy offerings with a side dish of chic brunch vibes, making it a fun, sun-dappled stop for detoxing, retoxing and repeating. Yoga classes at hotels – even high-end,...
View ArticleLaughter (yoga) is a very good medicine
These are hard times indeed, but one person who is determined to help us beam right through this Covid-19 challenge is laughter yoga specialist Suman Suneja. Born in New Delhi and now a Dubai resident,...
View ArticleThe fitness industry post-Covid: ‘Not everyone will go back to their gym’
Leila Kouri, who opened the first F45 franchise in Abu Dhabi 18 months ago, doesn’t think it will be easy getting members back to the gym when the UAE begins to open up post Covid-19. “Even with a 50...
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Mind your mudra: A hand yoga how-to
Everyone knows what yoga is these days, but what about hand yoga? Mudra, to give it its proper name, is the practice of placing the fingers into prescribed positions, or mudras, to diagnose conditions,...
View ArticleThe problem with yoga gurus
For several years, the yoga world has been in a state of crisis, rocked by revelations of sexual abuse dating back decades. A Vice exposé is the latest outlet to level charges, this time against the...
View Article‘I look forward to seeing more Black yoga practitioners’
Being Black in the yoga and wellness space is like being Black in many places: you often find that you’re the only one in the room and you regularly come up against discrimination. My experience as a...
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