Yoga Journal Singapore — December 15, 2017

DEC 2017/ JAN 2018

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9 LIVE WELL

10 ESCAPE Get out of your comfort zone

and try something new in 2018—if you

haven’t yet done yoga on water, that is.

We’ll let you know when we organize an

SUP event soon.

16 PRODUCT GUIDE We bring you 12 great

products—one for each month gone by

—that caught our attention, and made us

believe that they belong in every yogi’s

home. This includes meditation pillows,

sweet art featuring birds doing yoga, a

power pack; and lots more.

19 PRACTICE WELL

20 ANATOMY Surprise! Your lower-back pain

might actually be an upper-back problem.

Here’s why, and how to feel better.

By Jill Miller.

25 HOME PRACTICE Ease chronic

pain with this sequence for building

strength and flexibility from

YogaWorks teacher Papo Caballero.

28 YOGAPEDIA Strengthen your back, arms,

and abs as you move from Shalabhasana

to Mayurasana with David Swenson,

a foremost Ashtanga Yoga instructor.

37 EAT WELL

38 EAT SMART, WASTE LESS Stop throwing

away perfectly good food—and money—

with these tips and recipes for bringing

new life to leftovers. By Liz Krieger

43 MAKE-AHEAD HOLIDAY MEAL Spend

less time sweating over a hot stove and

more quality time with your loved ones

with these prep-ahead recipes, all healthy

takes on holiday classics. By Jill Silverman

Hough

73 CONNECT

76 ASHTANGA SERIES The fifth in our

8-part series about Ashtanga, as defined

by Patanjali, is Dharana or deep and

focused concentration. By

Sherriann Melwani

78 TEACHER SPOTLIGHT Amanda Koh,

is a known face in not only Singapore

but also yoga festivals around Asia.

She tells YJSG about her focus on

mindful mobility and strength.

79 IN FOCUS Pictures from our Staycation

retreat in Sentosa, held in early Dec

2017!

80 I’M A YOGI Meet Soma Temple, a

yogini and founder of Aum

Rudraksha from Bali, who spreads

the spiritual wisdom of healing beads

to the rest of the world.

december 2017 / january 2018

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