ABOUT YOGA
There's a lot of information out there, here's a snapshot
Yoga works on and off the mat on two levels as you:
- get to move (consider some people don’t have this choice)
- iron out stiff and sore muscles (from sitting at a computer for hours on end or from doing physical work)
- even shed a few kilos
Yoga however goes even deeper than your exterior looks as it gets all the body systems active by:
That means every cell in your body in yoga strengthens, lengthens and conditions mind, body and your overall sense of wellbeing, not just on the mat, but long after you’ve stepped off into your day, making you feel better about yourself and the body you reside in today, not weeks from now, but right from your first practice.
- calming and energizing the nervous system with breath awareness
- improves bone density and joint mobility to improve range and ease of movement using varied weight-bearing movements
- creates better balance to help lessen trips and falls
- create hormonal balance through inversions (when the head is lower than the heart)
- cardiovascular and circulatory systems are invigorated through the flow of movement
- digestive and metabolic systems are stimulated by the heat generated from moving
- elimination system is activated and regulated from sweating
That means every cell in your body in yoga strengthens, lengthens and conditions mind, body and your overall sense of wellbeing, not just on the mat, but long after you’ve stepped off into your day, making you feel better about yourself and the body you reside in today, not weeks from now, but right from your first practice.
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Yoga has been around in India for over 5000 years and interestingly enough was a practice for men only that was passed down from generation to generation. It is only in the last 100 years however that yoga has become accessible to women as it flowed into the West as different styles such as Ashtanga, Bikram and Iyengar, to name a few.
The word yoga means yoke or union. In the West, people are most familiar with yoga through the asanas that is poses or postures.
Yoga however is a whole of life system, representing a way to live, work, interact and care for community and self, widely known as the Eight Limbs of Yoga. Historically the philosophy, physiology and teachings of yoga stem from ancient Indian texts, the Vedas, Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, and the Yoga Sutras (which outlines the teachings of the Buddha), the Tantras and Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
As a result, yoga is a personal journey regardless of whether that means you mainly connect with the asanas, or you want the whole of life understanding, yoga has a universal appeal for anybody at any stage in life.
The word yoga means yoke or union. In the West, people are most familiar with yoga through the asanas that is poses or postures.
Yoga however is a whole of life system, representing a way to live, work, interact and care for community and self, widely known as the Eight Limbs of Yoga. Historically the philosophy, physiology and teachings of yoga stem from ancient Indian texts, the Vedas, Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, and the Yoga Sutras (which outlines the teachings of the Buddha), the Tantras and Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
As a result, yoga is a personal journey regardless of whether that means you mainly connect with the asanas, or you want the whole of life understanding, yoga has a universal appeal for anybody at any stage in life.
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