Accessible Restorative Yoga Poses - Love My Mat

Accessible Restorative Yoga Poses

Relieve back pain, reduce stress & sleep better with some of our favourite restorative yoga poses. Pictures and instructions included.
9 Quick & Easy Ways to Add Mindfulness & Meditation into Your Daily Life - Love My Mat

9 Quick & Easy Ways to Add Mindfulness & Meditation into Your Daily Life

Shelley's tip on how to get some type of mindfulness into your daily life. Relieve stress and find calm with some mini meditations and easy exercises that take 1 to 5 minutes each.
Psychological Stress from Staying Home - Love My Mat

Psychological Stress from Staying Home

A free guided meditation and other suggestions for dealing with the stress of covid and staying home.
January 17, 2021 — Shelley Gordon
Benefits of Meditation - Love My Mat

Benefits of Meditation

Make a commitment to Sitting in Meditation. Try a free meditation program. Read about the benefits of daily meditation and learn some simple meditation methods to start. Learn how to de-stress and relieve anxiety with guided meditations.
Self Care for your Mind and Body This Holiday Season - Love My Mat

Self Care for your Mind and Body This Holiday Season

Meditation benefits the mind and body, which is much needed this holiday season. Read about our favourite ways practice self care while nourishing our mind, body & community.
December 09, 2020 — Michelle Smith
The Best Pose for Insomnia & Back Pain - Love My Mat

The Best Pose for Insomnia & Back Pain

How Legs Up The Wall can help combat insomnia and relieve back pain. Read Shelley's experience dealing with the most commonly asked about aliments.

December 03, 2020 — Shelley Gordon
Immune Supporting Foods - Love My Mat

Immune Supporting Foods

Kim from Picky Diet Wellness shares the best foods for supporting your immune system over the colder seasons and holidays.  Plus two delicious, healthy, plant-based recipes!
November 10, 2020 — Nandini Thiyagarajan
Why You Need an Extra Large Yoga Prop Bag - Love My Mat

Why You Need an Extra Large Yoga Prop Bag

Our extra large Yoga Prop Bags are one of our most loved products! Especially for post-Covid yoga studio life because they hold all your yoga props and meditation accessories.
Meditation Accessories to Elevate Meditation

Using Props to Elevate the Meditation Experience by Lara Wharton

Lara Wharton, of Listen Lightly, explains why posture is so important to your meditation practice and how the use of meditation props can elevate your experience.
Sustainability On and Off the Mat - Love My Mat

Sustainability On and Off the Mat

Alicia Giannetti reflects on how her yoga practice has changed her relationship with sustainability. Read how she integrates sustainability on and off of her yoga mat.
August 12, 2020 — Michelle Smith
Plastic Free July Roundup - Love My Mat

Plastic Free July Roundup

For Plastic Free July, we've shone the spotlight on our personal lives and accessible swaps we can make in our day-to-day lives. Read our roundup on changes you can incorproate into your intentional and mindful living in reducing plastic consumption and the amount of plastics that end up in our environment.
mindfulness practice at home, use knee pillows to cushion when gardening

Growing a Mindfulness Practice in the Garden

Kelsi shares how you can turn your time in the garden into a mindfulness practice through sensory awareness.
June 26, 2020 — Shelley Gordon