| Yoga exercises strengthen your body and make it | | | | times, nor are you ever encouraged to push yourself |
| more flexible. Yoga also calms your mind and gives | | | | too much. |
| you energy. In active sports or strenuous exercises, | | | | A yoga session is designed for balance. You stretch |
| you use up energy. In yoga classes, students report | | | | to the right and then to the left. You bend back and |
| that they feel tranquil after a class, yet have more | | | | then forward. You learn to recognize when one side is |
| energy. Slow and steady motion is the key to going | | | | stronger or more flexible than the other. Thus harmony |
| into or coming out of the postures. You hold a yoga | | | | and balance are achieved with yoga practice. |
| pose for several seconds or even minutes and give | | | | People of all ages can practice yoga exercises. They |
| attention to full, quiet breath. Your yoga instructor will | | | | are easily modified to meet your needs and physical |
| always encourage you to relax as the exercises are | | | | condition. Don't be put off by the difficult looking |
| being done. Yoga exercises strengthen your body and | | | | postures you may see in a yoga book. A skilled |
| make it more flexible. Yoga also calms your mind and | | | | teacher can adapt most asanas by using chairs, |
| gives you energy. In active sports or strenuous | | | | cushions, even a wall or other props. A yoga practice |
| exercises, you use up energy. In yoga classes, | | | | can be tailor-made just for you. If something is really |
| students report that they feel tranquil after a class, yet | | | | impossible for you to do, just forget it. Never compete |
| have more energy. Slow and steady motion is the key | | | | with yourself or others. Yoga is a stress-free but |
| to going into or coming out of the postures. You hold a | | | | powerful way to exercise. |
| yoga pose for several seconds or even minutes and | | | | Yoga is good for increasing your flexibility and relieving |
| give attention to full, quiet breath. Your yoga instructor | | | | stress, but it doesn't take the place of aerobic |
| will always encourage you to relax as the exercises | | | | exercise. You should still do regular, aerobic exercise, |
| are being done. | | | | which increases your cardiovascular fitness, helps you |
| You gently place your body into yoga postures. Done | | | | lose weight, and, for people with non-insulin-dependent |
| correctly, there's very little chance of injury or muscle | | | | (type II) diabetes at least, improves blood glucose |
| stress. A particular asana is not repeated dozens of | | | | control. |