Laura Heggs
Yoga instructor, anthropologist & extroverted introvert.
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I was born and raised in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, USA. I have my MSc in primatology, a subfield of anthropology, and have been working with students in higher education for the past 7 years. Yoga began a valuable part of my life 9 years ago, and it continues to be an awesome journey. I love people, critical thinking, and great discussions. Let's connect!

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5-Day Vegan Meal Plan For Yogis

There are a lot of health benefits that come from a plant-based diet. Start with this 5-day vegan meal plan to complement your yogi lifestyle.
Laura Heggs
5-Day Vegan Meal Plan For Yogis

How to Build a Sequence Around Pigeon Pose

The Pigeon Pose is an intermediate level pose that has mental and physical benefits. Here's how to create a sequence around Pigeon Pose.
Laura Heggs
How to Build a Sequence Around Pigeon Pose

How to Get More Comfortable in Lotus Pose

Do you struggle finding ease and comfort in this seated meditative posture? Here are great tips to help you get comfortable in Lotus pose.
Laura Heggs
How to Get More Comfortable in Lotus Pose

Recommended Yoga Poses for Swimmers

Swimming and yoga are both low impact, effective ways to improve fitness. Here's our recommended yoga poses for swimmers.
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Recommended Yoga Poses for Swimmers

Breaking Down Standing Head to Knee Pose

Standing-Head-to-Knee pose is an advanced asana that takes patience and practice to access. Check out poses to prepare, how to get into the pose, and helpful tips to explore the posture.
Laura Heggs
Breaking Down Standing Head to Knee Pose

10 Exercises and Yoga Poses to Prep for Handstand

Although handstand is an advanced pose, it is attainable to anyone. Here are yoga poses to prep for handstand and work your way toward this pose.
Laura Heggs
10 Exercises and Yoga Poses to Prep for Handstand

How to Keep the Knees Safe in Standing Balance Poses

The knees are the largest joints of the body, and is also very prone to injury. Here's how to keep them safe in standing balance poses.
Laura Heggs
How to Keep the Knees Safe in Standing Balance Poses

6 Characteristics of a Great Yoga Teacher

Yoga teachers do a lot of good, from calming the mind to strengthening the body. But what makes a yoga teacher great?
Laura Heggs
6 Characteristics of a Great Yoga Teacher

Tips for Moms to Stay Fit

Motherhood is full of joy, but not much free time. Take some time for yourself and utilize these helpful tips to stay physically and mentally fit.
Laura Heggs
Tips for Moms to Stay Fit

Building Up to One-Legged Wheel Pose

Want to know how the one-legged wheel pose is properly done? Check out these preparatory postures.
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Building Up to One-Legged Wheel Pose

Exploring the Awesomeness of Horse Face Pose (Ever Heard of It?)

Horse Face Pose (Vatayanasana) is an advanced posture the requires balance and flexibility in the hips and shoulders. Explore this pose with a warm up, some helpful postures, and tips to achieve it.
Laura Heggs
Exploring the Awesomeness of Horse Face Pose (Ever Heard of It?)

Finally! Learn to Grab Your Toes with Big Toe Pose

Big Toe Pose is great way to turn inward and stretch the hamstrings, shoulders and calves. Break down the pose by increasing flexibility in key areas of the body and be mindful of your movements by taking it one step at a time.
Laura Heggs
Finally! Learn to Grab Your Toes with Big Toe Pose

Add Spark to Your Practice With One of These Unique Yoga Mats

A yoga mat can change the way you practice. Check out a few trendy mats that will set you apart from the rest of the yoga class- they're unique and innovative.
Laura Heggs
Add Spark to Your Practice With One of These Unique Yoga Mats

Open Your Heart This Valentine’s Day with These 9 Poses

Valentine's Day is all about love. Celebrate this special day by opening your heart and unlocking compassion with these yoga poses.
Laura Heggs
Open Your Heart This Valentine’s Day with These 9 Poses

7 Quick Techniques to Improve Your Yogi Squat

Yogi squats have multiple benefits, and vary widely depending on yogi doing them. Try these techniques to explore and improve your yogi squat, day by day!
Laura Heggs
7 Quick Techniques to Improve Your Yogi Squat

What the Heck Does it Mean to “Find Your Edge”? A Yogi Explains.

Every person has an "edge" during yoga, but it is up to you to find it. Explore the concept of the "edge" and how to applies to your yoga practice.
Laura Heggs
What the Heck Does it Mean to “Find Your Edge”? A Yogi Explains.

Do We Really Need More 'Trendy' Yoga Styles?

How do trendy yoga styles influence your yoga practice? Explore what trends mean to the yoga world, and how they provide a necessary vehicle for change and adaptability in the modern yoga world.
Laura Heggs
Do We Really Need More 'Trendy' Yoga Styles?

Defeat Chronic Pain with These 9 Easy Yoga Poses

Chronic pain can leave you feeling hopeless and frustrated. Luckily, research has shown promising effects yoga can have on reducing chronic pain. Explore these poses below and explore how they can help you manage your pain.
Laura Heggs
Defeat Chronic Pain with These 9 Easy Yoga Poses

7 Yoga-Inspired Exercises for Happy & Healthy Feet

Our feet are one of the most important parts of the body, though we don't always pay attention to them. Use these exercises to focus on the feet and keep them healthy, happy and strong.
Laura Heggs
7 Yoga-Inspired Exercises for Happy & Healthy Feet

6 Misleading Things We're All Tired of Hearing About Yoga

It is easy to assume things about yoga culture, yoga practice and yoga in general. Think outside the assumption box by exploring and reflecting on things we are all tired of hearing about yoga.
Laura Heggs
6 Misleading Things We're All Tired of Hearing About Yoga

Here's What I Learned From Trying Goat Yoga

Whether you love it or hate it, goat yoga has gained a lot of attention in the past few years. This is what I learned from participating in a goat yoga class.
Laura Heggs
Here's What I Learned From Trying Goat Yoga

6 Chair Yoga Poses to Strengthen the Entire Body (For All Ages)

Move over, Utkatasana- there is a new chair in yoga town! Chair yoga is a great way to strengthen the body in an accessible, supported way for students of all ages!
Laura Heggs
6 Chair Yoga Poses to Strengthen the Entire Body (For All Ages)

5 Clever Variations for a More Comfortable Pigeon Pose

Pigeon pose is a great way to stretch the hips, but it doesn't work for everyone. Explore these pigeon variations to find which version works best for your body.
Laura Heggs
5 Clever Variations for a More Comfortable Pigeon Pose

4 Ways Yoga Can Help You Establish a Healthy Work-Life Balance

Establishing a work-life balance that works best for you requires self reflection and practice. Let’s explore four ways that yoga can help you create harmony between your private and professional life, both on and off the mat.
Laura Heggs
4 Ways Yoga Can Help You Establish a Healthy Work-Life Balance

Turn Your Yoga Practice to Yoga Play with this Tortoise to Firefly Transition

This tortoise (kurmasana) to firefly (tittibhasana) transition requires patience and play, allowing for self-exploration, building physical strength, testing mental limits and even having a bit of fun.
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Turn Your Yoga Practice to Yoga Play with this Tortoise to Firefly Transition

Bend over Backward to Find Your Confident Camel Pose

Ustrasana, or camel pose, is an intermediate backbend that stretches the entire front of the body and strengthens the back. It challenges your ability to be vulnerable, as the entire front body is open. Explore this vulnerability by using breath to relax and explore what feels good. With a bit of patience and awareness, you can cultivate confidence and build up to camel pose wit
Laura Heggs
Bend over Backward to Find Your Confident Camel Pose

Parent-Child Yoga Sessions: 7 Nurturing Poses to Practice Together

Yoga is all about connection. Although we often think of this connection as being inward toward the self, it can also be an outward, nurturing relationships with others. A partner yoga practice can be especially effective with your child. Practicing yoga with your child has a variety of benefits and can help to nurture your relationship. Try the following parent poses to share and explore yoga wi
Laura Heggs
Parent-Child Yoga Sessions: 7 Nurturing Poses to Practice Together

Self-Care for Beginners: 6 Ways to be Kind to Yourself Through Yoga

Self-care is simply doing certain actions to help promote your mental and physical wellness. Yoga practice is often a great form of self-care, but knowing your limits is key to maintain a well-rounded practice and to practice self-care every day. Start by exploring these beginner methods to be honest and kind to yourself everyday through yoga.
Laura Heggs
Self-Care for Beginners: 6 Ways to be Kind to Yourself Through Yoga

How a Daily Practice Can Transform Your Health, Mindset and Spark Your Determination

Instead of relying on outside factors to mark the beginning of a fresh start, consider utilizing your daily yoga practice for growth, exploration and creating your own new beginning. A daily yoga practice is a powerful tool to fresh start every day not just in season or on a whim, but every single day.
Laura Heggs
How a Daily Practice Can Transform Your Health, Mindset and Spark Your Determination

5 Scary Poses to Stop Dreading and Trust That You Can Do

Yoga postures that challenge us can be scary. But fear not. With a bit of practice and reflection on what is it that scares you, you’ll see a strong effect on your practice and in your life off the mat.
Laura Heggs
5 Scary Poses to Stop Dreading and Trust That You Can Do

Heat up Your Practice and Tone the Body for Summer with This Yoga Sequence for 14 Days

A shift in yoga practice often goes hand in hand with a shift in season, allowing us to adapt sequences and postures to our fitness goals and overall wellness. Sometimes, we need a slow, nurturing practice. At other times, we need a high energy, pulse raising practicing. As the warmer summer months approach, heat up your practice, strengthen and tone with this summer-ready yoga sequence for 14 day
Laura Heggs
Heat up Your Practice and Tone the Body for Summer with This Yoga Sequence for 14 Days

7 Destinations to Visit for a Yoga Trip

Design and experience your yoga trip abroad by exploring these unique destinations to connect with your practice and immerse yourself in another culture.
Laura Heggs
7 Destinations to Visit for a Yoga Trip

What You Can Learn From Practicing 108 Sun Salutations

A lot of yogis commit to practicing 108 sun salutations in a row, especially when seasons change. But why do it, and why 108? Find the answers here.
Laura Heggs
What You Can Learn From Practicing 108 Sun Salutations

Try These 9 Yoga Poses for a Good, Upper Body Stretch

Feeling strain and tension in your neck, shoulders, and back? These yoga postures will create space in your upper body and give you that much-needed stretch.
Laura Heggs
Try These 9 Yoga Poses for a Good, Upper Body Stretch

Rest and Digest: 8 Restorative Yoga Poses for Digestion

Digestive issues often indicate an imbalance in the body. These restorative yoga poses can help re-establish digestive balance and a healthy “rest and digest” response.
Laura Heggs
Rest and Digest: 8 Restorative Yoga Poses for Digestion

Debunking the 6 Most Common Misconceptions About the Vegan Lifestyle

The vegan lifestyle is becoming more mainstream but is still often misunderstood. Do you have these misconceptions?
Laura Heggs
Debunking the 6 Most Common Misconceptions About the Vegan Lifestyle
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