Here’s Why Yoga is Your Best Friend

Birthed from the beautiful and mystical land of ancient India, yoga is a group of physical, mental and spiritual practices that has multifarious positive effects on our bodies. The word “Yoga” is taken from the Sanskrit word, “yuj”, which means to `bind’. It is often interpreted as a ‘union of the body and mind’. The year 2020 … Read more

Why is Meditation Helpful? 3 Facts You Need to Know

How can Meditation leads to a state of Well-being? In response to the current coronavirus crisis, the team of Urban Yoga Lab put together a small guide on how to find calmness and balance through integrating meditation into our lives daily. Here are some facts you may not know about meditation: Meditation Can Increase Happiness and Well-being We all want … Read more

5 Ways in which Yoga Helps Dating and Relationships

How can Yoga Help with Dating and Relationships? A soulful connection is hard to come by. But one way to make it easier is by engaging in soulful activities such as yoga. Engaging in a mindful workout like yoga can increase your chances of forming deeper connections with someone even if you see them for the very first time. So here are … Read more

A Beginner’s Guide on ‘Habit Formation’

What are the steps to form a habit? We have all heard about a great opportunity to reprogram our minds during this pandemic and make some big changes in how we live our day-to-day lives. According to a recent study called Making health habitual: the psychology of ‘habit-formation and general practice’, you need 10 weeks to make a … Read more

3 Ways for a Better Sleep Hygiene

How to improve my sleep Quality? The current pandemic is taking an emotional toll on almost all of us. Most of us have been plugged into another reality, away from our workplaces and friends; and in some cases, cut off from our families and our livelihoods. So many of us have lost someone or got … Read more

9 Easy Steps to Help You Practice Tapping

Why tapping is necessary? So much of the time, we feel like we have little control over our negative emotions and consequently over our own lives. In fact, there are times we wish there was a magic tool that would help us to face our vulnerabilities and fears at the very same moment they seem … Read more

Why do athletes and those who are engaged in fitness need yoga?

Gone are the days when yoga classes were in semi-underground circles and passed information about poses and asanas from hand to hand on ordinary sheets of typewritten text. Nowadays, there are probably no people left who have not heard anything about this ancient system of mind and body exercises. It is present in television, magazines, … Read more

What exactly is yoga?

The teaching of yoga has been going on for several millennia. Traditional Indian philosophy originated around the 20th century BC. Several schools and instructions differ not only in asanas but also in their approach to life. There is a wide range of mental and physical health advantages associated with yoga, including the following: asanas help … Read more