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Welcome to Yoga fitness club
Yoga has been practiced for more than 5,000 years, and currently, close to 11 million Americans are enjoying its health benefits. Yoga can hardly be called a trend. Most Westernized yoga classes focus on learning physical poses, which are called asanas. They also usually include some form of breathing technique and possibly a meditation technique as well. Some yoga classes are designed purely for relaxation. But there are styles of yoga that teach you how to move your body in new ways. Choosing one of these styles offers the greatest health benefits by enabling you to develop your flexibility, strength, and balance.
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How to Practice Yoga Poses or Asanas
Yoga postures are designed to cleanse, tone and purify the body, which in turn affects the mind and your ability to practice pranayama and meditation without distraction. Not to mention of the other many health benefits like: Improved flexibility, stamina, strength and balance. Better functioning of your nervous and endocrine systems and internal organ. Enhanced quality of your breathing.
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Benefits of Yoga
Physical Benefits: Yoga has both its preventive and therapeutic cures over ailing mind and body. Yoga improves all the problems associated with the body, like: increases flexibility in muscles and various muscular joints, strengthens the spinal cord, recovers back aches, improves muscular skeletal conditions, digestion and elimination, stimulates glands and endocrinal system, improves heart condition, proper blood circulation, recovers breathing disorder, boosts immune response, decreases cholesterol, diabetes, maintains blood pressure level, increases the stamina and maintains a balance and grace all over..
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Yoga Meditation
This smple seated meditation focuses on the breath to calm the mind, body and emotions. Sit in a comfortable position, either cross-legged on the floor or in a chair. Sit up tall with the spine straight, the shoulders relaxed and the chest open. Rest the hands on the knees with the palms facing up. Lightly touch the index finger to the thumb. Relax the face, jaw, and belly. Let the tongue rest on the roof of the mouth, just behind the front teeth. Allow the eyes to lightly close. Breathe slowly, smoothly and deeply in and out through the nose. Let the inhale start in the belly and then rise gently up into the chest. As the breath slows and deepens, let go of any thoughts or distractions and allow the mind to focus on the breath. Feel the breath as it moves in and out of the body, feeling it move through the nose, throat, windpipe and lungs. Feel the body as it rises and falls with each breath. Bring as much of your awareness and attention to your body and breath as possible with each moment. As the thoughts return to the mind, let them go, and return the focus back to the body and breath. Practice this meditation for 10-20 minutes. To end, gently let the eyes blink open, inhale the palms together in front of the heart, exhale and gently bow. Take a moment or two before moving on with the rest of your day.
