Yoga is like nothing else. It is a science of the soul that will deliver what you are seeking when you align your actions with your intentions. Yoga has a way of revealing one's true self and helps us to experience ourselves as whole and complete.
The physical benefits are numerous including many of the gains that you'd get from more intense cardiovascular exercise such as lower blood pressure, increased circulation, immunity enhancement and stronger muscles. What sets yoga apart from other physical activities is that it also creates increased bone health, prevents cartilage and joint breakdown, builds spinal strength, increases flexibility and most importantly provides remarkable stress reduction.
This practice works on your system as a whole, and as you learn to breathe deeply into the opening that happens in your physical body, it creates shifts in the mental and emotional body as well. Learning to sit with discomfort in the inner silence of your own being fosters a deep sense of self trust as you come to know yourself in a new way. By habitually entering a space where you watch the mental patterns of thoughts, worries and self-talk rise and fall, the ability to observe your own mind strengthens, empowering you to make choices in responding to your mental patterns rather than reacting. Life experiences are stored within your bodily tissues, sometimes creating emotional and mental blockages that can prevent you from moving forward or acting as the person you know you are. Yoga works to clear blockages in the Nadis which are the channels through which prana (life force energy) flows. When prana flows freely through a person, he or she is healthy and vibrant, expressing their life's ever expanding potential.
