| Discipline of the mind and the body is the | | | | weight loss experience as many benefits from |
| essence of yoga. Many yoga practitioners feel | | | | the psychological discipline they develop as |
| that without proper discipline and control | | | | they do from the physical discipline. |
| over the mind and the body, you can not truly | | | | |
| experience the full benefits of yoga. Part of | | | | To help with regular and sustained practice |
| the practice of yoga involves concentration | | | | of yoga, you may choose to join a yoga class |
| and meditation, usually on breathing, to | | | | or have personal instruction from a yogi. |
| clear the mind and ground oneself to the | | | | Regular yoga practice at home can also be |
| spiritual and the emotional. | | | | beneficial. Developing discipline takes place |
| | | | over time. You may even need to practice |
| It is also important to remain disciplined in | | | | certain exercises repeatedly before mastery |
| the practice of yoga. Once committed, regular | | | | is attained. By being disciplined and |
| yoga practice is the only way to tap into | | | | committed, you can experience the increased |
| yoga's true spiritual and health benefits. | | | | physical and emotional well-being yoga |
| Regular practice increases concentration and | | | | provides. |
| the blood's circulation and generally creates | | | | |
| in one a sense of overall well-being. | | | | Attaining emotional discipline and control |
| | | | can be trickier for some. That's where |
| Traditionally, the Hindu religion teaches | | | | meditation and concentration come in handy. |
| spiritual and religious discipline in | | | | Most practitioners concentrate solely on |
| conjunction with yoga. The almost trance-like | | | | their breathing and free their mind from all |
| state experienced by some practitioners of | | | | other thoughts. Developing this discipline |
| yoga is believed to allow the mind to expand | | | | allows many people to remain calm during |
| and receive knowledge and enlightenment, an | | | | daily crises and help them develop self |
| essential element of many religion-based | | | | control over temptation (such as those faced |
| forms of yoga. | | | | when dieting). |
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| More widely practiced in the West, yoga | | | | Discipline and control allow practitioners of |
| without the practice of a religion focuses | | | | yoga to be at peace when practicing yoga and |
| more on the physical discipline. Yoga as | | | | many practitioners translate that discipline |
| exercise helps to increase your body's | | | | into their everyday lives. To attain inner |
| control and flexibility. You may find that | | | | peace and overall well-being, yoga |
| the form of yoga you practice can be enhanced | | | | practitioners may even change their diet and |
| by heightened concentration and meditation | | | | their lifestyle to a healthier one, further |
| and many instructors (yogis) focus on this as | | | | enforcing the disciplines they have learned |
| an integral part of the practice of yoga. | | | | during the practice of yoga. |
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| When intermingled with the meditation and | | | | The application of yoga discipline in your |
| focus on breathing, yoga also helps to | | | | everyday life can help you to become a |
| control cravings. The emotional and physical | | | | calmer, more balanced human being and the |
| control yoga creates allows one to more | | | | health benefits caused by increased |
| easily regulate how their body reacts to | | | | flexibility and improved circulation can |
| stress and increases the ability to have | | | | allow you to live a longer and healthier |
| self-control. Many who practice yoga for | | | | life. |