Have you tried the hottest new workout in town? Take your practice off the mat and cool down with some #SUP (Stand Up Paddleboard) #YOGA this August! According to Boston.com, "SUP Yoga adds a new, exciting twist to an age-old practice." In this physical and mental style of yoga, "you are constantly engaging your core, along with smaller subsets of muscles throughout your body" in order to stabilize yourself. So you can still practice your Ridiculous Body Awareness™...
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#PlankTip ~ To create a safer and broader range of motion for your shoulders, it works for the hands to connect ridiculously more to the mat than you think. At Plank, we won't hold you up, unless you work harder to construct more solid poses. Sloppy hands = Sloppy Arms = Sloppy Poses. For more insightful Plank Tips, make sure to follow us on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/wellheeledguru/ and Twitter: @PlankYogaMats. Want your own Plank Yoga Mat? Visit...
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Did you know that September is National Yoga Month? In honor of it, here are our Top Plank Tips for Getting Back to Your Mat this Fall! 1) Make a Plan for Your Week: Schedule your Yoga Classes by signing up for them online in advance (if your studio allows you to), or just pencil them into your planner or online calendar. With all the tools and technology we have available these days, there is no excuse for missing...
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Feeling a little bored with your Yoga Practice this Summer? Take it into the great outdoors, like our Ambassador Bex Borucki, pictured above. It helps to change your perspecitive and what studio can beat the killer view of an ocean or stunning outdoor landscape?! Even better, lots of studios and yoga brands offer FREE outdoor classes in the summer time! In our hometown of Boston, there are a TON of free classes being offered by Lululemon, Friends of Fort...
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So why does Plank® keep going on about the Mind-to-Body-to-Mat connection? The old adage of everything works better when your foundations are strong, is even more relevant if you want to consider the body as an architectural structure. The bones being building blocks that when they are correctly stacked, allow the muscles, organs and pipework to function optimally around it. I admit that when instructors share the following talking points, although great immediately applicable reminders, they offer little...
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Are you traveling this #Summer and staying as a house guest with friends or family? Do you often stress over what to bring your gracious host? Well stress no longer Plankers, have we got a tip for you... PLANK TIP: Instead of bringing flowers or food for you host, surprise them with a Plank #Yoga Mat! They'll be down-dogging and finding Ridiculous Body Awareness™ in no time at all. Plus, you'll likely be their favorite guest ever! ...
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Since I chose to get on board with one of our favorite Ambassador's challenges #PlankWithBex AKA Rebekah Borucki, the go-to-fitness-is-fun guru, I landed my first plank at 2m:16s and 4 days later I'm at 2m:30s. For us at Plank®, every pose or physical activity can be taken to the next level by incorporating a little Ridiculous Body Awareness™ aka Yoga. Thus, in addition to the tips I sent to Bex, I use a plethora of yoga tools...
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At Plank®, we make no bones about sharing that BKS Iyengar's methodology is foundational to inspire us to create yoga mats that teach the practioner how to create more solid body-to-mat-to-mind connections, thus stronger foundations... We call it Ridiculous Body Awareness™ AKA yoga... What I love about an Iyengar practice, is that once you think you've mastered a pose, there is still more to learn. Thus if you think you know what grounded technology is, think...
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