Yoga for health and wellness
March 22nd, 2008
Yoga is basically breathing, stretching and meditation all rolled into one. It has an incredible range of benefits for your overall health and wellness, and has been shown to complement a variety of fitness programs and treatments.
Though yoga is practiced in many formats and styles, the central goal is always balance of the mind, body and spirit. For the body, the physical aspects of yoga help increase balance and flexibilty, stamina, strength and muscle tone, and assist in weight loss and sucessful weight management.
Yoga has also shown positive results in the management and improvement of chronic conditions and symptoms ranging from asthma to back pain, from arthritis to cancer, and from heart disease to multiple sclerosis.
For the mind and overall spirit, the practice of yoga can help to reduce anxiety, stress and depression while increasing self-awareness and feelings of wellness. Yoga is a process as well as a practice, encouraging attention to one’s own day-to-day progress and condition as the mind-body-spirit connection is strengthened.
Like pilates or walking, yoga can be a great anytime, anywhere exercise. Once you’re comfortable with a sequence of poses and stretches learned through a class (or have a DVD containing instruction and guidance), you can practice them anywhere for relaxation and rejuvenation.
Yoga can be worked into even the busiest of schedules, and some people even take a ” yoga break” during the workday to relieve stress and get the blood flowing.
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