Benefits of Yoga - Holistic Connection to the Body, Self and Community (Part 1)
Following on from my last blog on #mentalhealth in the next few blogs I will outline the numerous #benefits of #yoga. I’ve been practicing yoga for over 20 and #studying it for the last three years. 20 years ago, yoga practice was not the same as #today – it certainly wasn’t something everyone was talking about. If you were interested in having #biceps like #Madonna, then you would have perhaps heard of #Ashtanga yoga and would have pursued the same road to gaining biceps and more #muscle #tone. My first class I attempted to do an impossible. I wanted everything – the #flexibility and the strength (although I was already quite strong), I wanted to come out of that #class and be Madonna! And I was very #proud with myself for being able to get into #Tittibhasana or the #Firefly #pose Bearing in mind that this was my first class, and knowing what I know now, I should have never been allowed to even attempt that pose without a proper preparation. 20 yeas on and...