Why Yoga
Yoga and it's benefits. Increase your joint mobility and flexibility Help you lose weight and keep it off. Improve energy levels, circulation, balance and posture. Strengthen, lengthen and tone your muscles, organs, joints and ligaments. Reduce chronic pain and other ailments. Strengthen your immune system. Enhance athletic ability. Increase self-confidence and self-awareness
Reduce stress, depression and anxiety levels
Heighten your sense of wellbeing, inner peace and tranquility
Yoga links the breath and body, mind and soul, universe and self.
It gives us the opportunity to explore our own consciousness, to deeply breathe, develop greater awareness, and identify our physical and emotional feelings with the unique combination of breath and movement. It leaves one feeling confident, energetic and motivated and creates a perfect balance in all systems of the body. We get to experience the rewards of commitment to a discipline that leads us to overcome suffering and bring us closer to others by learning to love your self. We gain the ability to move through the world with kindness, wisdom, generosity and an open heart.
So yoga not only makes us healthier and fitter, it also makes us happier and better human beings.
YES, this is what yoga can do for you:
Increase your joint mobility and flexibility
Help you lose weight and keep it off
Improve energy levels, circulation, balance and posture
Strengthen, lengthen and tone your muscles, organs, joints and ligaments
Reduce chronic pain and other ailments
Strengthen your immune system
Enhance athletic ability
Increase self-confidence and self-awareness
Reduce stress, depression and anxiety levels
Heighten your sense of wellbeing, inner peace and tranquility
Keep you young
One typical misunderstanding about practicing yoga is that you need to be strong, young, thin, and flexible to start it. On the contrary, yoga will benefit ANY BODY and the further you are away from that ideal, the more you will benefit from it. No matter what shape you are in, you can practice yoga, I promise!
"Yoga is not about touching your toes...it's about what you learn on the way down."
- Judith Lasater
