Why Practice Yoga
10 Reasons To Love Yoga!  

  1. Improve Flexibility  Move more freely with a greater range of motion.
  2. Improve Balance.   Through the conscious practice of balancing postures, your
    body learns where its center is and how to find it rapidly.
  3. Increase Mental Focus. Yoga teaches the discipline of being present in the
    moment through the physical postures and breath work.
  4. Increase Strength. Yoga practice improves your overall sense of strength from a
    centered, connected place.
  5. Improve Your Mind/Body Connection. In yoga you learn to listen to your body
    through your mind and learn to quiet your mind through your body.
  6. Reduce Stress. Yoga helps release stress in your body and mind so the body has
    more freedom to perform at its best with the least amount of pain.
  7. Improve Posture. Yoga strengthens the core muscles in your torso. Keeping the
    spine flexible and strong is one of the highest purposes of yoga. The stronger and
    more flexible your spine is the more your posture falls into proper alignment. This
    impacts every aspect of how you move.
  8. Increase Kinesthetic Awareness. Through yoga you discover and explore
    kinesthetic awareness. You learn to place your body in exact positions and know
    when it is in the correct place.
  9. Improve Agility. The combination of total body strength, flexibility, posture,
    balance and kinesthetic awareness is aimed at improving your body's ability to
    move freely, quickly and without pain or stiffness.
  10. Improve Sportsmanship. Yoga teaches you about connection with yourself and
    all living things. Through the discovery and realization of the connection that all
    living things have to each other, and element of camaraderie, non-violence and
    peace begins to shine through.