| Relaxation - Endurance - Stress Management - | | | | hours in the day to do everything I want to. However, |
| Flexibility | | | | it's important to prioritize your health and make time for |
| What do all these things have in common? First, they | | | | replenishing your body and spirit on a daily basis. |
| are all things we need to work on improving in our | | | | Exercise is a great way to do that. When you work |
| busy American lifestyles. Getting better at these areas | | | | out at home with a yoga fitness DVD, you can |
| has long been advocated by health experts as a way | | | | squeeze in your exercise whenever you have time. |
| to increase our quality of life, reduce the risk of injury | | | | Before dawn when the house is quiet, when the kids |
| or illness, and even to live longer! | | | | are napping or the family's watching TV downstairs, or |
| Second, these are all benefits of working out with | | | | even as a family activity that encourages everyone in |
| Yoga! Hatha yoga - the physical yoga postures or | | | | the household to be active and share time together. |
| "asanas" that most of us associate with yoga | | | | Another concern that many people have about yoga |
| exercise - is a great way to build muscle, increase the | | | | exercise is that it's going to be expensive. Yoga has |
| range of motion in our joints, and create an opportunity | | | | certainly enjoyed a period of "trendiness" lately and |
| for calm, balance and relaxation in our daily schedules. | | | | with yoga classes sprouting up all over the country at |
| Now before you get nervous that I'm going to go all | | | | elite gyms and studios, it's easy to see how yoga has |
| "transcendental" on you, don't worry! Although yoga | | | | gotten the reputation for being expensive. However, |
| traditionally does include a lot of spiritual, meditative and | | | | remember that yoga was developed by ascetics in |
| holistic practices, you can get many of the benefits of | | | | some of the poorest areas of the world. You have |
| a yoga lifestyle by just incorporating a little yoga | | | | more than they do in terms of material possessions - if |
| fitness workout routine into your weekly schedule. | | | | they can do it, you can do. Although you don't "need" |
| Whether you can do 60-minutes 3x per week, or | | | | anything to practice yoga, and you can even learn it |
| squeeze in some Sun Salutations for 15 minutes every | | | | for free with some workout videos from the library or |
| morning - even a moderate increase in your activity | | | | picture books that show you step-by-step what to do, |
| level through the incorporation of yoga practices can | | | | I recommend that you start with two essentials: A |
| help. | | | | yoga mat to enhance your comfort and safety while |
| One of the biggest objections many people have | | | | doing the poses, and a good instructional yoga video to |
| about working out with yoga is over the fear that they | | | | lead you through a workout or two that you can |
| don't have time for exercise. Working out at home | | | | follow and enjoy over and over again. |
| with a yoga fitness DVD can be a great solution to | | | | For the price of a class or two at the local yoga |
| the problem. | | | | studio, you can get everything you need to workout at |
| I know your schedule already feels jam-packed and | | | | home. |
| you're worried you won't have time for yoga. As a | | | | I encourage you to look into yoga exercise as a total |
| full-time-mom (all parents are full-time in my opinion - | | | | body workout, or a supplement to your existing |
| you never stop worrying about your kids!) and a | | | | exercise routine. |
| business-owner, I find that there are never enough | | | | |