Seven Radiant Reasons to Give Yoga a Chance

So you have tried a couple of yoga classes, you are a half an hour into one and the instructor in teaching a pose that you hate. As you struggle into this shape, the mind begins to race, and perhaps you clench your teeth and hold your breath. It happens to the best of us. However, these moments of personal struggle encapsulate infinite opportunities to learn about how we personally deal with pain, uncomfortable situations, and fear. Yoga is a practice focused on the breath. So you take a deep inhale, exhale, and surrender to the shape. If you stick with the practice, you will amaze yourself. Your body will move in ways you never thought possible. Off the mat, in situations that conjure up the emotional equivalent of turning yourself into a pretzel, you learn to breath, to react from a more centered place, engaging with the moment rather than waging a war with it.