This week, we’ve vanquished your ignorance, educated you on its origins, and clued you in to how yoga can keep you from becoming the lead story on the 11 o’clock news—and not because you won the Lotto.
Let’s put it all together. It’s a fact, simple and true that yoga is good for you—physically it makes you healthier, stronger, and more flexible. Mentally, it makes you healthier, stronger, and more flexible. It goes without saying (although I am going to say it) that if you are physically healthier and mentally more secure and peaceful, your spiritual life will follow suit.
Some God-fearing religious folks would say that the spiritual has nothing to do with the physical. I would ask, then why did God give us “temples” as He calls them in which to store our mind and spirit? Surely, we are whole beings—physical, mental, spiritual—and one part of us can’t be unhealthy or healthy without the other parts suffering or reaping the benefits.
If you’ve never tried yoga, try it. If you’ve tried it and didn’t like it the first time, take it with a different instructor, go to another studio, TiVo a different fitness channel, or pick up another (free) DVD from the library. Do it until it clicks. Until you have your “ah-ha” moment.
Next week, Kundalini, Ashtanga, and Anusara. No, these are not undiscovered Native American Indian tribes or the catchy names of the newest Energy Drinks. They are just three of the many different styles of yoga popular in America today, and we’ll talk a little bit about each so you know what you are getting yourself into before you try them.
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