So, why bother adding yet another thing to your life? Oh, let me count the ways, my friend! With ideas such as compassion, honesty, contentment, integrity, kinda hard to argue, I don’t care what religion you are or aren’t. Yes, yoga has precepts, but they are truly, truly universal. Can’t help but think THAT is a good thing! When it comes to religion, the exercises of yoga are used within the structure of certain religions such as Hinduism and Jainism. What they use it for is to help them relax so they can focus their minds on prayer and contemplation. I don’t want this to be a loaded question or have you freak out so read carefully. If I am going to be totally honest here, yes and no.
“ Yoga is both movement toward and the arrival at the point of deep satisfaction with us that is free from feeling and judgment.” The quieter we become, the more satisfied with life we are AND the more connected we are with our Higher Mind, that part of us that makes GREAT decisions! Constantly thinking, worrying, judging, even excitement, whether positive or negative, there is just a crazy amount of STUFF in there.Īs we focus our attention on the movement, and relax the body, our minds relax, too, allowing us to be present. Ever tried to lie in bed and fall asleep with a ton of tension everywhere? Tough, isn’t it? You just can’t relax! But when you start with yoga, it releases that physical tension so you can finally relax and let go. Yoga is about engaging your mind with your body so you can focus your thoughts and help you begin to declutter both the body and the mind to reconnect with Yourself.ĭecluttering your body looks like getting out the kinks and tension so you can relax more deeply. I don’t want to think, I just want to leave sweating.”) I used to teach aerobics and I remember people saying, “Get me a good workout. Yoga is essentially a powerful mind-body exercise, which means we encourage you to engage your mind as you move your body. Just know it’s like describing the Universe – words aren’t enough. I would be doing Yoga a huge disservice to think I can describe it in a sound bite, but at the same time I want to share a little something.
Seriously, the best question ever and one people rarely ask!