| I gave yoga a bad rap before I knew what yoga | | | | Yoga. Its main concentration is on posture which |
| was. After getting past the image I had of yoga I | | | | strengthens and stretches our bodies. This teaches |
| began to explore subject and became engrossed. Did | | | | us a sense of balance and flexibility that we've never |
| you know that yoga is over 3,000 years old? We | | | | known before. It also helps our concentration as well |
| didn't discover yoga until the hippie generation caught | | | | as body awareness. Breathing is an ingredient that all |
| onto it in the Sixties and early Seventies. Yoga | | | | yoga forms rely heavily on. This helps us rest our |
| continues to flourish because of all the positive media | | | | noisy minds and turn off the chaos that sometime |
| coverage. | | | | stays there. This helps you reach a state of peace |
| Yoga is one of the best know methods of | | | | and relaxation which helps to calm and energize the |
| effectively treating stress management. This practice | | | | body. |
| is spreading from the business world to nursing | | | | We tend to believe that people join yoga classes to |
| homes. It is also being used in the treatment of | | | | stretch and tone their body. While this is certainly |
| alcoholics, hyperactive kids and children with learning | | | | true, newcomers quickly find out that yoga can also |
| disabilities. If you've tried the art of yoga you're only | | | | help them manage their stress tension. Yoga is a |
| cheating yourself. | | | | means of exercising that injects a meditative quality. |
| The art of yoga simply means union with the body, | | | | People are exercising in all kinds of ways these days |
| mind, spirit and truth. There are too many different | | | | and yoga gives them another mean to an end and if |
| forms of yoga to list here but one could spend a | | | | used properly can be a huge reward. The best part is |
| lifetime of practice for the hungry student. The most | | | | yoga is good for young children as well as the elderly. |
| popular form in the west is referred to as Hatha | | | | |