Ph.D. Health Sciences · Yoga Practitioner & Wellness Researcher · Real Yoga Hub
Dr. Rachel Morgan is a health researcher and dedicated yoga practitioner with over 12 years of experience studying the science of movement, meditation, and holistic wellness. Holding a Ph.D. in Health Sciences, Rachel combines rigorous academic research with a genuine passion for yoga to create guides that are both evidence-based and deeply practical for everyday people. After discovering yoga during her graduate studies as a way to manage stress and improve focus, Rachel became immersed in the physical and mental science behind the practice. She has spent years studying breathwork, mindfulness meditation, yoga therapeutics, and exercise physiology and believes that accessible, honest information is the most powerful wellness tool available. At Real Yoga Hub, Rachel writes and researches articles on yoga poses, meditation techniques, health comparisons, and recovery science always grounded in the latest research and written for real people at every stage of their wellness journey. When she is not writing or researching, Rachel practices yoga daily, explores hiking trails, and enjoys reading the latest studies in integrative health and exercise science.
Your chest feels tight. Your mind is racing through tomorrow’s meeting. Your hands are cold for no reason. This is the exact moment a box breathing technique can bring your …
If you have tried meditation before, closed your eyes, waited for peace, then quit after four minutes because your brain would not stop planning dinner, you are not broken. You …
10 Hip Opening Yoga Poses you know that feeling. You stand up after a long day at your desk and your hips feel like rusty door hinges. You are not broken. …
I still remember the sound. A soft click in my student’s knee during Lotus pose, followed by a wince she tried to hide. That one moment taught me more about …
I still remember my first real attempt at sun salutation steps for beginners. It was 6:40 a.m. on a cold March morning in 2014, my mat was crooked, my hamstrings …
Your legs shake. Your arms feel like lead. Somehow you still feel like a warrior standing on that mat. That is the strange magic of warrior yoga poses, the trio …
childs pose yoga benefits Some yoga poses ask a lot of your body. Child’s pose asks almost nothing, and yet it gives back more than most people expect. If you …
The downward dog yoga pose gets its English name from the shape it makes: hips lifted high, hands plus feet on the ground, body forming an upside-down V that looks …
If your hamstrings feel like old rubber bands, you are not broken. You are simply undertrained in one specific skill: range of motion. Yoga poses for flexibility work because they …
Best 10 Minute Morning Yoga Most people roll out of bed morning yoga routine beginners, grab their phone, scroll for 20 minutes, chug coffee, and wonder why they feel anxious …