Why Yoga?
The short answer is that yoga makes you feel better. Practicing the postures (asanas), breathing exercises (pranayama) and meditation makes you healthier in both body and mind. Yoga allows you to live in the moment, relax and shape up all at the same time!
Yoga is a practice with a plethora of benefits. Specifically, research shows that therapeutic yoga helps manage or control anxiety, arthritis, asthma, back pain, blood pressure, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fatigue, depression, diabetes, epilepsy, headaches, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, stress and other conditions and diseases.
In addition, yoga:
Improves muscle tone, flexibility, strength and stamina.
Reduces stress and tension.
Boosts self esteem.
Improves concentration and creativity.
Lowers fat.
Improves circulation.
Stimulates the immune system.
Creates a sense of well being and calm.
Yoga knows no age restrictions, no physical limitations, no race, no gender and no religion.
Why Yoga? Why not Yoga would be a better question!