Issue 31
In this edition

Welcome
Welcome to our amazing autumn issue. If

OM in 30 seconds
Navigating one of life’s great transitions with the

Contributors this month
Anna Brook Anna is a Women’s Circle facilitator,

My secret place
Yogi: Bethan Evans Photographer: Megan Aitken

Chant & Chill
Chanting can be as relaxing as meditation and breathwork, new research shows

Paramahansa Yogananda
What yoga teaches us about youth and the power of the mind*

Yoga mat recycling initiative
Manduka partners with SuperCircle to launch industry’s first end-of-life programme for yoga mats

N@maste
Love OM magazine and want to tell the world? Here’s your chance

Om loves
Beautiful things for beautiful people

Planet yoga
Stories from around the weird and wonderful world of yoga

AMAZING SPACES
LIOR WELLNESS STUDIO 7A London Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea,

PETRA COVENEY
Menopause Yoga founder Petra Coveney talks to OM about how yoga can help women embrace their Second Spring

Thrive through the menopause
Research by ethical vitamin company Viridian Nutrition has found over half (53%) of women cannot get the help they need for menopause.

Embrace the change
Finding your way through a healthy menopause.

Menopause modifications
How to modify yoga for the stages of menopause.

Moving through liminal space
Easing your path through liminal space, a physical or metaphorical ‘in-between’ place of transition.

Find your flow
Combining breath and fluid movement to re-connect to you and your practice.

A 360º overview of... Warrior I (Virabhadrasana I)
Warrior 1 is an energising standing pose that will help you develop strength, flexibility, balance and focus and can be added to the Sun Salutation sequence. Br Dr Kiki Morriss

Roll with it
The importance of body rolling in helping your fascia to flourish.

MY STORY
Stockport tradesman Paul Lewis reveals how yoga eased his slipped disc in six weeks, after years of physio, strong painkillers and steroids failed him

YOGA’S REAL-WORLD IMPACT
Sometimes things are bigger than us. A quick look at yoga’s powerful real-life impact on the diverse communities it serves

YOGI OF THE YEAR
Leah Miles wins ‘Yoga Teacher of the Year’ award for innovative, nature-led approach to wellbeing

REACHING THE PEAKS
From 28 years in the sky to opening Bakewell’s first yoga studio, Marie Kirkwood is flying high

Garage makeover
How one enterprising yogini turned her home garage into a zen den, a place for yoga, stillness and quiet contemplation for all the family to enjoy

Retreat at home
Reclaiming your radiance through midlife transitions with a lush home retreat.

Made with love
Welcome to our ethical goodies gift list! Whether you’re contemplating the Christmas shopping this year, buying a birthday pressie for a loved one, or looking to spoil yourself (why not!) here are 19 pages of wonderful, yoga-friendly ideas that will inspire you

Super Sonics
Fill your practice with the power of sound and vibration

Fresh and fabulous
Perfectly natural organic food from the fine folks at Organic Land

Foodie FLAVOURS
Organic Extracts for inspired baking

Unwrap and unroll
JadeYoga offers high-quality, eco-friendly yoga mats and accessories, planting a tree for every mat sold — over 2 million trees planted so far!

READ ALL ABOUT IT
Amazing new reads from Watkins Publishing for soul seekers everywhere

Invest in fabulous
Gorgeous gift ideas for the great and the good

Rosen Method
Experience the power of presence with Rosen Method at the OM Yoga Show

Love your feet
Wish your feet a Merry Christmas with TOETOE

Shree Yoga Art
Bringing spirituality and art together through exquisite craftmanship and the finest materials

Hydration stations
Healthy hydration solutions from Water-to-Go

eco Yoga mats
Made in the UK since 2003, ecoYoga mats have everything you need for the perfect practice

OMFM
Photographer Andres Pena (JAPhotography Australia), www.JAPhotography.com.au OM

The Spiritual CEO
Founder of Genie AI, Rafie Faruq , explains how he leads with spirit

The gift of balance
From Hong Kong parks to healing classrooms: my journey into yoga and qigong.

TANDAVASANA (THE DANCE OF SHIVA)
This pose is inspired by Lord Shiva’s Tandava; the divine cosmic dance that represents the rhythm of the universe. In Hindu philosophy, Tandava is not just movement; it is creation, preservation, and dissolution happening all at once

Is your desire for certainty holding you back?
Embodied Living: Mindfulness & Yoga for Life’s Everyday Challenges

7 courageous steps to contentment
Lessons from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.

Eat drink yoga
HEALTHY EATING GOODIES

THE HAPPY PEAR CHILLED RANGE
If you haven’t discovered The Happy Pear yet,

Miami Vegan
Delicious and healthy vegan foodie ideas from America’s capital of cool

Nutrition in a nutshell
What’s happening in the world of nutrition today? Here are four key trends identified in the Global Wellness Institute Initiative Micro Trends 2025

Full Power Cacao
How cacao encourages a shift into parasympathetic mode to steady the stress and soothe the nerves

BREATHE IN THE CALM
Finding sanctuary in flower essences.

Chaos TO CALM
Too busy to relax? Discover the 6-Tool Chaos to Calm bundle from Best-Selling Author Helping Thousands Beat Stress in Minutes

Breathe away anxiety
A nxiety often shows up when we’re disconnected

RISE & RECLAIM
An urgent call to women: your soft revolution starts here

Breathe away the stress on a Huzur Vadisi retreat
Huzur Vadisi yoga retreats in Turkey, Spain, Wales, Norway and Kenya: facilitating yoga retreats for over 30 years

The logic of the sequence of the 12 Basic Asanas
T he ancient Hatha yoga writings of India(*)

TEACHER ZONE
A deeper understanding of yoga... for teachers, by teachers

MY YOGA BIZ
Tips from the experts to help you grow the yoga business of your dreams

Time for change… five years on
Donna Noble explores how far diversity and inclusion have come in the yoga and wellness world in recent years, but says more work needs to be done

MONEY MANAGEMENT FOR YOGA TEACHERS
How smarter money management can help yoga teachers and other wellness solopreneurs survive and thrive in the modern era

New arrivals
A revival in the wellness sector is spurring the launch of new yoga and pilates studios and other small businesses across the UK

Is everybody really included?
Yoga is for everybody, at least that’s we’re told. But is that a myth in London, perhaps the world’s most cosmopolitan city, where teaching demographics remain much the same as years ago.

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Spirit Worlds Jessica Hundley £30 Taschen A

YOGA IS FOR EVERY BODY
Your pictures. Your community

Radiant Renewal
Awe-inspiring retreats and ideas for yoga explorers

Safe, serene and soulful
Bhutan Spirit Sanctuary welcomes solo female travellers

Yoga teachers… they are just like us!
Even the most zen among us sometimes forget the sequence.