Blog

Adding yoga to your exercise routine can produce amazing benefits in terms of your physical abilities as well as your mental and emotional health.

Here are 5 remarkable benefits you’ll experience from incorporating yoga into your daily routine:

1.    Increase flexibility.  You’ll acquire greater flexibility as you practice.  Several of the yoga poses include stretching.  These stretches create limber, flexible muscles and subsequently a more flexible body.

2.    Great strength.  Apart from doing stretching routines, you’ll also be training your body to create poses that require immense physical strength.  While you may not feel much pull when doing the poses, you’ll realize after some time how much stronger you’ve become.

3.    Improved posture.  All of the stretching and posing done during yoga classes will eventually lead to excellent posture!  Those incorrect postures you were previously comforting with will suddenly become extremely uncomfortable.

• You’ll stop slouching on the couch when watching TV.
• You’ll stand upright when in line as opposed to leaning on something for support.
• You’ll likely get rid of back pains you might have had prior to starting yoga.

4.    Better breathing capacity.   Yoga not only focuses on physical strength and flexibility, but it also focuses on increasing lung capacity.

Many of the yoga poses and stretches are accompanied by specific breathing styles, so you’ll notice over time that your lung capacity will allow you to endure physical challenges for longer periods.

• You’ll be able to endure a few extra minutes during cardio exercises.
• You’ll be able to last longer in outdoor activities such as biking and hiking.
• You’ll be able to move and run around with your children longer.

5.    Less stress.  Yoga does a great job of relieving stress.  The breathing techniques, meditation, and muscle stretching and poses instantly relax the mind and muscles.

• Both physical and metal stresses are reduced, thus allowing you to more easily prevent other stress-related diseases such as anxiety, depression and burnout.

Your first step to enjoying these benefits for yourself is as easy as signing up for a class.  Starting with a beginners’ level class will enable you to develop an understanding of the exercise as well as the poses and stretches.

Another option instead of attending classes is to consider DVDs, online videos, or setting up your own daily routine.

When you practice yoga, you’ll feel more at peace.  After each session, you’ll feel refreshed, renewed, and ready to take on whatever challenges life throws in your direction.