| Yoga is an age old practice that concentrates on a | | | | to wake up refreshed, rejuvenated, alert, and focused. |
| person's mental, physical, and spiritual health. The | | | | There are approximately two hundred Hatha postures |
| wonderful feature about yoga is that the practice is | | | | with hundreds of variations. Each yoga pose is |
| always changing and evolving so the routine never | | | | designed to improve strength, balance, flexibility, spinal |
| becomes mundane and monotonous. Within the | | | | health, and circulation of the internal organs and tissues. |
| practice of yoga, there are a number of different | | | | Hatha style can also help one relieve tension, anxiety, |
| styles. One such style is Hatha Yoga. | | | | and manage depression. As well, this style of yoga |
| Introduced by a 15th century yogic sage from India by | | | | consists of a number of moral teachings that includes |
| the name of Yogi Swatmarama, Hatha Yoga is a | | | | principles of honesty and nonviolence. |
| style of yoga that emphasizes the health of the body | | | | The two key features of Hatha Yoga are the |
| through postures and breathing practices. This type of | | | | postures (asanas) and breathing (pranayama). The |
| yoga concentrates on cleansing of the body which | | | | asanas are applied to tone, stretch, and strengthen the |
| results in a purification of the mind. Hatha style works | | | | body. One will hold a number of different poses for a |
| to bring balance between body and mind. The | | | | specific period of time. Pranayama, or breathwork, |
| objective of this yoga style is to prepare the body for | | | | concentrates on breath control and promotes an |
| meditation or relaxation. | | | | inward focus to improve one's spirituality. Hatha Yoga |
| Hatha Yoga has many benefits that include: promoting | | | | postures include: Back Bending Poses, Advanced |
| a healthy body and mind, allowing one to channel | | | | Poses, Yoga for Abdominals, Supine Poses, Gentle |
| energy positively, and relieving stress. It can be | | | | Poses, Twisting Yoga, Yoga for Back, Restorative |
| modified to meet a particular person's needs, low | | | | Poses, Forward Bending Poses, Standing Poses, Yoga |
| impact so it will not negatively stress the muscles and | | | | for Legs and Glutes, Balance Poses, and Sitting Poses. |
| heart, and improves one's sleep patterns allowing them | | | | |