Are your mind, body and spirit out of tune? You might think about pulling out the yoga mat. Yoga is practiced by millions worldwide to reduce stress, increase flexibility and improve overall health, but some experts warn that all of those complex stretches and maneuvers could be doing serious damage to your body. Is yoga the secret to a healthy life, or could you just be kicking yourself?
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Regardless of one’s intention, I think that Yoga can be a powerful tool to teach an individual to slow down from a busy lifestyle and develop greater self awareness. The benefits of this one component alone, is enough to create healthy changes and a way for more ease to penetrate into one’s life and potentially lead one along a spiritual path.
As I mentioned above, I feel that the cons of a Yoga practice are approaches that limit Yoga to a physical exercise without the cultivation of something much greater. Remember, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The deepened connection to self that can be achieved through a Yoga practice doesn’t have to look or feel a certain way. Feel it out for yourself with an open mind; one that isn’t attached to outcomes such as body image or the way our culture dictates it has to look like.
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