In Focus: Live Yoga

I always ask my yoga students at the beginning of each class to dedicate their practice to an individual or a cause. Be it yourself, your loved ones such as family or friends, even an enemy or a problem you currently struggle with and need to resolve. The reason for this is to open your mind and heart and send a positive thought and energy towards this person or situation, helping you see the world around you with a better clarity and directly creating stronger relationships or influencing a positive outcome of things. So start living yoga towards your better future with one positive thought a day...

	YOGA PARADISE Enjoy the beauty of the rainforest and the comforts of a refuge in a charming Anamaya Resort, a truly exotic place built on a cliff edge and overlooking the most incredible ocean views in Costa Rica. The resort is a few steps away from epic waterfalls and located in one of the world's most beautiful tropical beach towns. This unique retreat center offers gourmet organic food, yoga teacher training, variety of yoga classes and retreats and luxurious spa services, all in respect to the body, mind and spirit.
	GIVE EGGS A CHANCE The Three Minute Egg is the most versatile yoga prop ever invented since the sticky mat. It's ergonomically designed to work with the shape of your body. The Egg offers an unparalleled combination of comfort, protection and support in both dynamic and restorative postures. No matter what style of yoga you enjoy, the Three Minute Egg will add new dimensions to any yoga practice, from beginner to advanced practitioner. Why don’t you try Balanced Breakfast Starter Kit to whet your appetite for what’s possible with these amazing ergonomic yoga blocks?
	TRAVEL COMPANION Quit practicing on a synthetic mat and start practicing yoga on an all-natural, toxin-free Bendala Mat! Bendala's 100% cotton yoga mats provide an all-natural, healthy, beautiful and sweat absorbent surface for your practice. The mats are especially great for hot yoga and are also wonderful travel companions, beach mats or picnic blankets. We particularly like this raspberry colour and the fact that with each mat purchase, Bendala donates to partnering yoga and meditation organizations who share their passion for good in the world!
	PEOPLE’S FOOTWEAR Not enough time to hit the mats? You’ll feel like you haven’t missed a single pose in yoga class with this Sanuk’s favorite. Made from real yoga mats, this flip flop exploded onto the scene allowing sandal lovers everywhere to bask in the same ohm-inducing feeling of the yoga studio only now on the go. Best of all, the Yoga Mat collection is bigger than ever with tons of color variations and strap styles, making your feet feel cushioned, snuggled and flexible - just like your yoga practice!
	NEXT BEST FRIEND Hippsy is a stylish and versatile waist warmer and kidney protector. The Hippsy brand promotes fashion-conscious well-being, captured in distinctive, vibrant colours and designs. Simply a band of colourful fabric in cotton/elastane mix which allows the skin to breathe naturally whatever the activity you are doing. It fits snugly over the mid-riff area acting as a cosy hip-warmer or belly band offering protection from exposed midriffs and cold waist. So you just focus on stretching and breathing…
	NATURAL BEAUTY Refresh and balance with Kiehl’s organic Acai Demage-Protecting Toning Mist packed with Brazilian acai berries, known to be one of nature’s most powerful antioxidants. Spray this clarifying toner onto your face any time during the day to help balance and refine skin’s tone and texture. Kiehl’s anytime toning mist fortifies skin with a shielding barrier of antioxidant protection and helps tighten the appearance of pores. Healthy-looking skin is preserved, revealing a more radiant look and feel.
	COOKIEASANA Gingerbread yoga cookies from Baked Ideas has long been their best selling collection to date and the word keeps spreading. The gift box contains a set of 10 different poses, including Down Dog, Wheel, Savasana, Spinal Twist, Warrior I, Plow, Tree, Triangle, Warrior III, Lotus. Your ginger yogis are about 11 cm and come in traditional gingerbread flavour as well as sugar, chocolate and even red Valentine’s Day themed varieties. And if you feel creative yourself, why not to use one of the exclusive sets of hand crafted tin yoga cutters and get baking.
	MAYA YOGA SHAWL As always Sweaty Betty’s new collection fits all sports enthusiasts who are looking for clothes that perform while they also allow you to feel feminine, comfortable and fashionable at the same time. That’s why we instantly fell in love with this gorgeous silk, wool and cashmere blend shawl in an oversized style for your ultimate luxury. The beautiful natural drape makes this an ideal layering piece on your way to a yoga studio or when you relax in Savasana at the end of your practice.
	TEA WITH PURPOSE Grown in the Sri Lanka’s highlands, at an altitude of around 5,000-6,000ft, on an award-winning tea estate, Vitalife’s teas are developed in one of the clearest, perfectly-suited tea-growing environments in the World. Once picked, each blend is developed with a specific purpose in-mind to ensure you actually feel their teas working. Only fine tea leaves are then blended with carefully selected herbal ingredients, superfruits, and natural supplements - delivering delicious drinks that really 'do what they say on the tin’.
	VIRTUAL RETREAT Build a new, wonderful life at the tropical paradise island practising and teaching yoga in the Yoga Retreat game that unites authentic yoga practises and fun casual management game mechanics in a virtual world environment. More specifically, this Facebook App game gives players a break from daily chores and while playing enables those interested, also to learn more about yoga and individual postures whether you have ambitions to become a yoga teacher or not. It is access all areas to yoga retreat on the go!