I am obsessed with yoga. Now I know there is nothing I can say that's different than all the magazine's have already said. Yoga is all the rage, and is completely mainstream now. But I can share my personal experience with you, and the benefits it has given me.
Talk about something that can make you healthy from the inside out!!!
Born an athlete, in a city outside of Boston, infatuated with sports, yoga was completely foreign to me. When I moved to Los Angeles many moons ago I was introduced to yoga. My first impression was that it was for sissy's. I played soccer and basketball, and I was a tough girl.
But one day I caved, and allowed my girlfriend to drag me along to a class , and honestly I have never been the same since. I was hooked, I felt so calm, and centered. The traffic in LA gave me insane road rage, but I remember that day I didn't care who cut me off, in fact I was happy to let them do it, cause I felt so good inside.
I immediately signed up for one month straight, with a teacher called Mark Blanchard, and at the end of that month, my body and mind had never looked or felt so good. I couldn't believe it!!! After years of running and going to the gym, and pushing my body so hard, in the end it was yoga that transformed my figure into something I had always dreamed of.
A few years ago I had to give up running due to back problems, and now I only do yoga and go for very long walks. And I have to say, it continues to keep me in the shape I want, and keeps my aches and pains away.
Yoga is also an amazing gateway into meditation, it helps center and calm me, and gives me insight into my emotions. I notice when I'm in the middle of a yoga session and my mind is wondering all over the place and I cant hold a pose, that I need to do some meditating, or go for a long walk. Which in turn helps me figure out what is going on inside myself that has me distracted or possibly upset. It forces me to face myself, and than I can acknowledge it, deal with it, and move on in a healthy way.
Yoga has benefited me in so many different ways, how can I not share how amazing it is!!!
I'm sure most of you are well aware of the benefits of this exercise, but if there is anyone out there who is not. I strongly encourage you to hit up a class sometime, there are plenty of donation only classes, and see how it may improve your body and mind. And if your worried about the price of classes, please don't let that stop you from practicing. Honestly, I bought a couple DVDs, and do it everyday in my living room.
Yoga, can help make you healthy from the inside out!!!
Alexandra :)
I have to agree. The first time I did yoga it was through a PE class in high school. They called the class, Stress Management. I haven't been so good at practicing in a while but not a day goes by where I don't think I should be doing it. I'll have to work on that.
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