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A surprise was waiting during an episode of Bed & Breakfast!

And suddenly a well-known yoga tool passed by when I watched an episode of 'Bed & Breakfast'! Mariel Slotman, of Boerderij Yoga in Ravenswoud (The Netherlands), gave a yoga class to the Bed & Breakfast TV show participants who visited her AirBnb. So nice! 🙂 From the TV series Bed & Breakfast, [...]

By |2023-07-05T13:43:07+02:00July 5th, 2023|The BackMitra and Yoga, Yoga tips|0 Comments

A BackMitra workshop by Leen Druppel

A great BackMitra workout video by Leen Druppel. Duration: +/- 45 minutes. The BackMitra is an efficient tool to strengthen your back, improve your posture and relax your back muscles. Do these exercises for 10 to 15 minutes every day. Always start with a body scan, followed by only mobilizing back exercises [...]

By |2023-07-03T09:57:20+02:00July 3rd, 2023|Yoga tips|0 Comments

An interesting meeting

I'd like to tell you about the meeting I had last week... About two years ago I read the book Lower Back Pain, Hernia and Acute Lumbago by Jan Willem Elkhuizen and Menno Iprenburg and found it particularly enlightening on how damage to the intervertebral disc occurs and how this can eventually lead to [...]

By |2022-06-16T09:03:59+02:00June 16th, 2022|Back Pain, Improve Posture, Yoga tips|0 Comments

The benefits of good posture

The video above is created by the Turkish Physiotherapist Murat Dalkilinç In the animation, Murat Dalkilinç illustrates the consequences of bad posture - especially in these times of our computers and mobile phones. We would do well to remind ourselves on a regular basis to keep our head up and our back straight! [...]

By |2019-12-23T23:31:36+01:00December 14th, 2019|Yoga tips|0 Comments

DOING DRUGS IN THE DENTAL OFFICE!

- The BackMitra helps dentists to cope with pain - Dealing with the demands of the dental profession often takes a toll on practitioners and their staff, in the form of pain, acute or chronic, associated with an awkward physical posture and mental/emotional stress. Both accumulate over time, starting during university training and increasing [...]

By |2019-10-30T09:33:52+01:00October 27th, 2019|Back Pain, Improve Posture, The BackMitra and Yoga|0 Comments

5 Ways Yoga Helps with Anxiety

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life… live in the moment; live in the breath.” – Amit Ray One out of four Americans will experience an anxiety disorder at some point during their lives.  Such disorders are sometimes accompanied by panic attacks – intense feelings of panic that often come out of [...]

By |2019-12-10T15:55:37+01:00January 18th, 2017|Yoga tips|0 Comments

5 Relaxing Yoga Exercises for a Good Night Sleep

Sleep is the golden chain that binds health and our bodies together – Thomas Dekker Sleep is the best meditation – Dalai Lama How yoga can help you unwind? A very common cause of sleeping disorders is stress. Stress prevents the body and the mind from relaxing and keeps thousands of people awake at night. And this [...]

By |2019-12-10T15:53:55+01:00December 26th, 2016|Back Pain, Improve Posture|0 Comments

5 Best Yoga Poses for Runners

Although running and yoga may seem like activities that are on opposite ends of the spectrum, they really are complementary activities that work together beautifully. Running is an excellent way to exercise your whole body aerobically at a high level of intensity. The main benefit of running includes gaining muscular strength, better cardiovascular health, [...]

By |2019-12-10T09:19:29+01:00December 12th, 2016|Yoga tips|0 Comments

The BackMitra Pillow for a tight and rounded upper back

The pillow is designed to be mounted on top of the BackMitra® and suits the needs of those with tight and rounded upper backs. With the help of the pillow the neck can be stretched to a fuller extent, facilitating a more effective BackMitra® experience. fig. 1 Place [...]

5 Step Plan to Grow Taller – seriously, try it!

Did you know that in the morning you are about half an inch (a few centimeters) taller than in the evening? According to medical science this is due to re-absorption of liquid into the spinal disks during the night. During the day the disks lose their fluid bit by bit due to compression caused [...]

By |2023-01-21T10:29:46+01:00May 4th, 2016|Improve Posture|0 Comments

7 Step Plan to Improve your Google Ranking in 2023

This is for everyone who owns a website and is wondering why after all this time it still isn’t showing up anywhere near the first page in Google. Here are 7 things you must do in order to start climbing the ladder. 1. Does Google even know your website exists? If your website doesn’t [...]

By |2023-01-21T10:14:16+01:00April 26th, 2016|Website Tips|0 Comments

6 Things you must do to Improve your Posture

Your posture influences your energy level, your mood, your self esteem and the way in which people around you re-act to you. Here are 6 tips on how to improve it. 1. Sit straight While we were young we probably all heard our parents tell us to “Sit straight!” Do we still need that advice [...]

By |2017-12-29T14:01:08+01:00April 19th, 2016|Improve Posture|4 Comments

How to Become a More Successful Yoga Teacher

Yes, but how do you become a more successful teacher? In this time where you can find a yoga studio on virtually every corner it is becoming a challenge to fill classes, especially for starting teachers. What can you do? Here's a short story... I started restorative alignment in Mexico with Brigitte Longueville in [...]

By |2019-12-10T09:27:29+01:00April 17th, 2015|The BackMitra and Yoga, Yoga tips|0 Comments

How to Avoid Back Pain

To many of us it happens, with a sudden movement, after an intense workout, while lifting a load, or bending down to pick something up: back pain! All of a sudden we can’t do anymore what we used to do… How to avoid back pain? With only 5 to 10 minutes daily BackMitra exercises you [...]

By |2017-12-29T14:01:08+01:00November 19th, 2013|Improve Posture, The BackMitra and Yoga|0 Comments

BackMitra Exercises for the Back, Neck and Shoulders

To start with Your head, neck and upper back are supposed to lie on the BackMitra, in such a way that the upper part of the spinal column is being supported. One end of the BackMitra is located below the shoulder blades (see photo on the right for correct positioning on the back). Lying [...]

By |2019-12-11T09:04:02+01:00November 1st, 2013|Back Pain, Improve Posture, The BackMitra and Yoga, Yoga tips|1 Comment

Therapeutic Yoga with the BackMitra

Hello! I am Jose Luis, I am 20 years old, and I want to tell you about what happened to me. Jose Luis Espinosa Gomez A little more than two years ago I went on a trip with my friends to Zihuatanejo, and I had an accident. At [...]

By |2019-12-10T16:33:24+01:00September 19th, 2012|Improve Posture, The BackMitra and Yoga|0 Comments

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