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Seven Radiant Reasons to Give Yoga a Chance

 
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Put a Little Love in Your Heart

In the Vinyasa Yoga Asanas (Sanscrit for poses) each pose is either a forward bending pose, a moment of reflection and internal strength or a heart opener, a stretching, open, externally focused movement. By using these physical shapes to explore and express yourself, you are creating space for change to occur. Try a simple heart-opener like cow pose when you feel as though your heart needs some light. Maybe it sounds hokey, however the mind and body relationship is a powerful force. How does your head feel when the body is ill or injured? Of course you are mentally affected by your physical state. The Yoga practice has no perfect pose to master, there is always something new. The goal is to connect the mind and body, opening up the places we ignore, dusting off the cobwebs in the corners of our minds, and sending the breath, energy and light to every inch of the body. Yoga is a journey to Bliss and in so many ways, a lesson in the language of love which brings us to…

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