Tuesday, June 9, 2009

What yoga can do for you

Physical Benefits: Creates a strong, flexible, and toned body. A regular daily practice improves respiration, energy, and vitality, while it helps to balance metabolism. Promotes cardio and circulatory health. Relieves pain. Helps you look and feel younger than your age. Improves your athletic performance.

Mental Benefits: Yoga helps you to relax and handle stressful situations more easily. Through meditation and breath work you’ll learn to quiet the mind, allowing energy to be focused where you want it to go - into a difficult yoga pose, on the golf course, or in the office. Following a yogic path encourages positive thoughts, self-love, and tolerance of others.


Spiritual Benefits: As you deepen your practice, you’ll notice increased awareness of your body, your feelings, the world around you, and the needs of others. Yoga promotes interdependence between mind, body, and spirit; helping you to live the concept of "oneness."

1 comment:

  1. I used to yoga once a week but now that I'm going a few times a week, the true, true benefits are coming through - love it!

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