Breath Control
The quality of our breath reflects how we are feeling. When we are upset, the breath tends to be fast and shallow. When we are at ease, the breath is slow and deep. We can learn to manage the breath through yoga practice by maintaining deep consistent breathing through all the postures. When we can lengthen our exhale breath, there is more room to allow life in on the inhale.
Stress Relief
Chronic stress and pressure can lead to serious illness and disease if ignored. A regular, consistent practice will most definitely calm the mind and body, boost the immune system, and eliminate stress.
Strength and Flexibility
Whether you can touch your toes or not, with a continuous and consistent practice, yoga can transform your body and mind and improve your overall health. Yoga postures lengthen the body's connective tissues through physical postures called asanas that have been practiced for thousands of years.
Detoxification
A regular yoga practice is an extremely effective method of detoxifying, not only the physical body (skin, organs, and blood), but on the deeper, emotional layer as well. Yoga allows us to release and clean out old thinking.
Self Confidence & Self Esteem
Learning yoga postures creates an enormous sense of pride that you will carry with you in your daily life. When we can feel good in our physical bodies, standing upright, it boosts our self esteem and self confidence.
Circulation
Circulation is the ability to bring oxygen rich blood to all areas of our body. It gives life to every cell in the body, healing wounds, killing germs, and ensuring vitality to our tissue. Yoga is a wonderful vehicle to heal the immune system by boosting blood circulation to vital organs and tissue.
Weight Loss
A regular yoga practice may reduce your appetite and will encourage better food choices. Yoga cleanses the body, increases metabolism, stimulates waste elimination, and reduces cravings.
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