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Get Grounded Workshop coming to Yoga Joy!

Get Grounded Workshop coming to Yoga Joy!We are excited to announce the first of Plank's #GetGrounded: Deepen Your Yoga Foundations Workshops, which will be held at Yoga Joy Studio in Gloucester, MA on Thursday, January, 15th from 5-6pm.In this workshop, Doreen Hing, creator of Plank® Yoga Mats, will guide you to develop an investigative curiosity into the depth of grounding to enhance stability, lifts, power and more within your yoga practice.Let’s get more curious about...
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• Doreen Hing

Why Plank isn't interested in creating the grippiest yoga mat ever...

Plank's Connect Yoga Mat are aimed at yoga practioners who are interested in taking their yoga practice to the next level. Bla, bla, bla... I know you've possibly heard me, as well as, some other yoga mat company say this before, so my practice is to, stop. However it is still a fact that it matters to me that Plank mat users know I really do care that each and everyone of you is able to find solidity,...
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• Doreen Hing

Take Time to Love Yourself

Some wise words from Plank Ambassador Daniele Britt: "When do we remember to take time to love ourselves? It’s so easy to beat ourselves up with, ‘I could have done better.’ We are all so beautiful in so many ways. We all have talents which are unique to us. We are all creative, just in different ways. We’re all scared of not being enough. But, we are!"  Are you guilty of beating yourself up and not feeling...
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• Doreen Hing

Practice Self Love this February!

As my daughter and I walk the aisles of Valentine’s Day cards carefully choosing boxes for her classmates, I am reminded of how little we celebrate the season of love with ourselves. Gracynn takes time to meticulously write each classmate a card, Hello Kitty for the girls, Angry Bird for the boys. There will be the Valentine’s Day cookies we make, the chocolates bought, the special dinner prepared for my husband.But, when do we remember...
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• Doreen Hing

Get to Know Plank Ambassador: Daniele Britt

This month, we'd like to introduce you to our newest Ambassador, Daniele Britt! Daniele is the Retail Manager of Savannah Yoga Barre, is passionate about her Plank Yoga Mat,teaching BackCare Yoga, slowing down and practicing self love. For more on this amazing lady, read her interview with us below. 1) Thanks for reminding us about the importance of Self Love. Sometimes it is easier said than done. How do you make this concept achievable for yourself...
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• Doreen Hing

Breaking Bad Habits On Your Yoga Mat

This month at Plank, we're all about Bad Habit Breaking, in life and in our Yoga Practice!  By using a Plank Yoga Mat (PYM), we've been able to break the habit of collapsing into our joints, by focusing on creating firmer foundations through our hands and feet. However, when we use a grippy mat, we lose our foundations and sink into our joints because we are relying on the stickiness of the mat to root us down, not our own body...
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• Doreen Hing

Top Nutrition & Yoga Tips from Julie Starr-Wood

This month, we are proud to feature our newest Ambassador, Julie Starr-Wood, a rockstar Nutritionist and Yoga/Barre Instructor based out of Boston, MA. Julie is a wealth of knowledge and we hope you enjoy her tips for building strong foundations in both your Yoga Practice and Daily Food Habits, especially as the Holiday Season approaches. Make sure to check out her Facebook Page and Website, too! As a well-known Nutritionist and Yoga/Barre instructor in the Boston area, a common theme in...
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• Doreen Hing

Why a Plank Yoga Mat is the Yoga Equivalent of the Barefoot Running Shoe

People often ask us how our Plank Yoga Mats work exactly and why they are great training tool for firmer foundations. Well ladies and gents, here's your abbreviated answer: The Plank Yoga Mat has traction, but unlike with a sticky mat, you have to train your muscles to work harder to create it by warming up the mat with more hand/feet connection than you currently apply.  This is a similar concept to that of the barefoot running style shoes that teach the muscles...
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• Doreen Hing

Yoga and Work. The Sanity Saver.

After an extended summer holiday weekend, most of us will be back at the grind, tackling what we didn’t complete earlier and stressing before lunch break just how to manage it all. In a recent Yoga Journal Magazine story, writer Nancy Wilson shares here insight on yoga in the workplace - downward dog at your desk may save you from burnout, and corporations are discovering adding yoga as a resource for employees to balance their...
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• Doreen Hing

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