Yoga verses conventional exercise maybe a question you might be wondering about. Yoga
actually is a much more holistic approach to exercise than the conventional workout. It
is low impact meaning that there is little risk of injury and yoga opens the mind to new
ideas and possibilities while at the same time lowering your bad cholesterol levels and
raising your good ones. It also, curbs your anxiety and stress levels reducing
cardiovascular disease, respiratory malfunctions and the normalization of your body
weight! That's petty darn exciting, don't you think? Besides doing all that Yoga
builds more efficient breathing, a much stronger immune system, stronger leaner muscle
and endurance.
Yoga also, trains your mind to regulate it's intake of nutrition very effectively,
eliminating toxins and flushing out your body regularly, so you have better bowel
movements on a regular basis and a clean liver, kidney and gallbladder to boot.
These are just the beginning for those who choose yoga as their exercise. Yoga
exercise clears the mind, lowering aggressiveness and raising a more clear and assertive
centering in everything that you are. Self awareness and actualization increase,
competitive and aggressive posturing decreases. Dexterity, balance, and a sense of
well being flowers while depression, defeatism become less apparent and can even disappear
all together. If your looking to lower your blood pressure, your bad cholesterol levels,
cardiovascular disease, anxiety, depression, digestive problems, obesity, aggression and
are looking to increase lean muscle, flexibility, good cholesterol levels, assertiveness,
self actualization, an integration of all bodily functions in balance, focused thought
and your immune system then yoga is really the right choice!
It is a wonderful approach to exercise and can be done in any environment you might find
yourself in. There are training video's, instructional books, and of course classes. We
suggest getting a bit of all these tools. Why? Because the classes train you and get you
motivated, the training video's give you the next best thing when you are unable to get to
the gym or class and the books provide you countless possibilities for you to pursue in
this most incredible art, Yoga! What's wonderful about yoga is that it makes room for the
conventional exercises, too. So if you love to run, cycle, rock climb, row, weight lift,
or swim the sky is the limit. Who knows with yoga training you just might win the next
triathlon or maybe you'll win it with out even entering the race! So give yoga a good
college go and see where you find yourself! Maybe you'll be that 50 year old gymnast, or
that 70 year old that is as spry as the 25 year old that he just passed on his way to the
11,000 ft mountain peak! It's all possible! Yoga is a ticket for a lifetime of wonderment!
Healthy Living!
