Yoga should be a way of life
Wake up and take a deep breath and big stretch. Feels good right?
Spending up to 30 minutes a day stretching will change your life.
Just think of a dog or a cat, all they do is bloody stretch.
All be it the typical quad, shoulder and overhead stretch is good, you might even throw in a downward dog...
But if you're active through the week that wont cut it, sooner or later your hips will get tight, shoulders will slump and later down the line this is hard to reverse.
Yoga is more accessible than ever these days, my first thought was a room full of old women and the class moving slower than scott the snail. I wasn't mistaken, the first two places I went to i was the only male and only one under 45. This wasn't a bad thing i was so inflexible when i started and the slow moving classes made it nice and easy and left me feeling rejuvenated afterward.
The breakdown, slow classes tend to be hatha yoga, then getting more dynamic with Ashtanga and iyengar yoga. Or really heat things up with Bikram yoga.
These classes are great to go to, you not only find out ow flexible or strong your body is but also the strength of the mind and how far it will take you forward.
Youtube has hundreds of videos worth watching, get it up on your laptop and follow a virtual class to open up your body.
Thats what stretching does, opens you up. Expands your mind, your cells and reduces stress levels in your head and the body. There are a whole load of benefits to yoga or just spending time stretching
. After you will always feel either uber chilled or powerful beyond measure, just set your intention before you start and breath deeply through the nose.
DG Tip. Make your breath sound like the ocean waves.
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