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Natural fibre mats wanted now, for yoga’s sake! Dana McKenzie highlights the benefits


of wool in the displacement of chemicals-laden alternatives for yoga mats and props


apply the learnt calmness outwards. It gives
us that regular hour of respite in which we
reach deep and stretch the mind and body
in an attempt to strive for better versions of
ourselves.
Yogis, from aspiring to advanced, unite
in caring about the space around us and
our oneness with it, wanting to preserve the
beauty and richness of the world and our
mark on it.
There’s a delicate balance in continuing

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ogis worldwide are united in
being considerate and mindful
about the environment, in an
effort to honour the integrity,
oneness, harmony and non-
harming spiritual principles of the practice.
Is yoga a moral framework used to
outgrow our limitations, in the face of
demanding, fast-paced, wanting-to-have-
it-all livelihoods? To many it is. It provides
wisdom on how to look inwards and how to

to achieve differentiation and performance
in the modern yoga movements, and staying
true to the ancestral principles above.
When we took that first yoga class or read
that first yoga article that inspired us, we
might still have had the idyllic picture perfect
stillness and nourishment of the practice
and the unadulterated ways to achieving it.
And as we looked deeper and connected
with more practitioners, we learnt about
many schools of yoga and the philosophies

The natural way

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