It Does Do Much More Than Change Your Body.

I’m a pretty athletic person and I have been going to the gym, training with trainers, doing boot camps and taking any type of fitness classes for years now, and nothing has changed my body as much as yoga. I started noticing results a few months into doing yoga and shortly after that for the first time in my life I was actually starting to feel happy about my body and confident!!! ( that’s saying a lot) . For me getting to a point where I was feeling happy about myself was already a good enough excuse to religiously continue with my yoga classes, the more I continued my practice I become more flexible,stronger and my stamina got longer. As great as all of that is, yoga does much more than just change your body!! It changes the way you see the world, Yoga can change the way you relate to other people, to the planet, the way  handle situations...the list goes on and on. The reason why Yoga differentiates its self from all of the other exercises out there is because yoga connects you to your body, rather than disconnects you from it. Yoga’s ability to tune you into your own breath, your body, your thoughts and emotions it truly does connect your body to your mind.

 
Here are just Some of the other benefits you get from yoga

Stable autonomic nervous system equilibrium

Blood Pressure decreases (of special significance for hyporeactors)

Cardiovascular efficiency increases

Respiratory efficiency increases

Endocrine function normalizes

Musculoskeletal flexibility and joint range of motion increase

Eye-hand coordination improves

Posture improves

Strength and resiliency increase

Endurance increases

Energy level increases

Weight normalizes

Sleep improves

Immunity increases

Pain decreases

Steadiness improves

Depth perception improves

Balance improves

Mood improves and subjective well-being increases

Self-acceptance and self-actualization increase

Social adjustment increases

Anxiety and Depression decrease

Hostility decreases

Concentration improves

Memory improves

Attention improves

Learning efficiency improves

Well-being increases

 

I guess for me doing yoga it just became so obvious ...who wouldn’t want to go into a class and leave feeling great, having a hard workout and reaping so many benefits at the same time?  I always feel like a walking yoga billboard always talking about how great yoga is, but doesn’t it just make sense to do or at least try?