Why Should You Try a Yoga Class?

Have you thought about trying yoga, but have been unsure if it’s for you? Yoga is perhaps the most adaptible of exercise programs, easily tailored to fit your specific exercise needs. Read on to find out why you should get yourself to a yoga class (or try a yoga DVD) today.

Yoga is accessible for all. You can choose specific yoga poses to ease a beginner into exercise or challenge an advanced athlete. Yoga poses can be done in stages. If you are a novice, you'll want to start with less challenging poses, while those who are in great shape can move into the more difficult phases of the pose until challenged enough to feel it.

Yoga is a fabulous outlet for stress. The mind-body connection of yoga is so powerful that it can lower your blood pressure and result in a sense of well-being.

Yoga is good for strenthening muscles. Yoga makes use of your body weight to tone and strengthen muscles. You'll know if you're challenging yourself enough in your yoga workout if your sore for the next couple days.

Yoga is good for your heart and lungs. You may wonder how a gentle-moving form of exercise like yoga can exercise the heart and lungs, but it does. If you invest time in learning pranayama breathing techniques, you’ll learn how to use your breath to expel stress while increasing lung strength.

Yoga increases flexibility. Flexibility is what supports good balance. This is particularly important as you get older and need your balance to remain stable and reliable.

Yoga is right for any age. Yoga can provide discipline for young children, stress relief for adults, and flexibility training for older people.

Give yoga a shot; you'll be glad you did.