Mountain Pose

For this pose stand tall with your feet together. Make sure your shoulders are relaxed and your weight is distributed evenly throughout your body. Raise your hand above your body keeping your hands straight as you reach toward the sky.

Downward Dog Pose

Start on all fours with your hands directly under your shoulders. Walk your hands forward until your body is in an inverted V space. Your feet should be hip-width apart, and your knees slightly bent.

Warrior Pose

Stand with your legs 3 to 4 feet apart and bend your right leg to a 90 degree angle. Relax your shoulders and extend your arms out to the side with your palms down. Gaze over your right hand before switching sides

Child’s Pose

Sit comfortably on your heels and then roll your torso forward. Let your forehead rest on the mat and lower your chest as close as you can to your knees while holding your arms in front of you.

Bridge Pose

Begin by lying on the floor with your knees bent over your heels. Place your arms at your side with your palms up and then lift your hips. Clasp your hands under your lower back, press down, and lift your thighs until they are parallel to the floor.

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Getting a proper amount of sleep ensures optimal mental health. The brain-boosting benefits of good sleep include improved concentration, better memory, and clearer thinking. Physical health benefits include less chronic pain, better weight control, stronger immunity, and a lower risk for heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.

which can positively impact performance at work or concentration at school.

If you’re so busy that the thought of exercise makes you tired, consider this: though skipping the workout may seem like the easier choice, the benefits of exercising will have much more impact over the long-term. In fact, moderate forms of exercise such as walking have been shown to have significant impact. Go outside and get moving!

stretching your muscles and prepping your body for relaxation.

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The Beginning

Traced back to around the fifth or sixth century BCE, yoga developed in ancient Indian ascetic circles, tied to both Hindu and Buddhist origins. Yoga gurus introduced the practice to the West, and over the past thirty years we have embraced it as a form of physical exercise, though in the East it is regarded as much more than that.

In Vedic Sanskrit, the literal meaning of the word yoga is to join, add, or unite. At its heart, yoga seeks to do this with the unification of mind, body, and spirit.

The breathing that is so essential to yoga creates breath awareness that strengthens the mind-body connection, which leads to improved mental functioning.

Yoga has a positive impact on the spine. Spinal disks crave movement because it provides them with the nutrients they need to stay supple. As you progress with the poses of yoga, the results will give you increased flexibility and improved posture. This leads to less injury.

Other physical benefits include maintaining a healthy metabolism, weight reduction, and cardiovascular and circulatory health.

Yoga also helps you sleep, remain calmer, and handle stress with more ease. The reasons are interconnected: all require turning off anxious natural tendencies. By being more present in the moment, we are able to soothe our minds in a manner that promotes relaxation. A calmer mind, in turn, flows into increased energy and vitality.

Those who do yoga report fewer migraines, as migraines are caused by a combination of mental stressors and misalignment.

For many, the biggest change comes from the renewed outlook on life. Better breathing and posture lead to improved overall health, and feeling good again makes a world of difference.

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