Why a Beginner Should Take Up a Yoga Class
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By Sue Bradley
Yoga is a 3000 year old spiritual system from India.
The actual name means “to bind, join, attach, and yoke” in the ancient language of Sanskrit. The whole point of this ancient spiritual art is to learn how to concentrate your mind and body so that you can bind yourself to the spiritual dimension within your life.
This involves disciplining your body and emotions so that your individual spirit can become part of the universal spirit. While a beginner may only be aware of the physical side, there are many different ways of doing yoga, focusing on giving of oneself without reward, unveiling the illusions of the world, using emotional energy in one’s spiritual practice and focusing on concentration and mind control.
There are a few reasons why learning yoga is beneficial:
* It strengthens your heart and cardiovascular system.
* It helps avoid spine and neck problems if you sit at a desk all day (as many of us do!)
* It is gentle on the body, so it is great for the older and the overweight.
* It also promotes a feeling of clarity and teaches you how to center your mind.
You should consider if you have the time and money to dedicate to a class. A class can be from 45 minutes to one hour and should cost the same as going to a movie! You will probably feel better after a class though!
All is all, yoga is a great use of your time. Try it and be surprised by the new calmer, more flexible you!
Sue Bradley is a professional writer and uses her Yoga routine to relax and unwind. For a beginner’s introduction to Yoga, please visit Yoga Central.
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Yoga is a great benefit. This is a great post on this subject. It gives good reasons to start of Yoga first.
-Jay
Comment by work at home | March 28, 2009