The benefits of yoga asana.

As a teacher, I hear a lot about the reasons why students make it to the studio and onto their mats.

Stress.
Anxiety.
Me time.
Can't relax.
Tense.
Tight.
Pain.

So, does practicing yoga really help all this?  

Well, it's hard to believe, but some students actually look different after class. Physically different. From all of the breathing and yoga asanas (postures), their shoulders are no longer scrunched up all the way to their ears. The tension has left their jaws. Their scowl lines are gone. And there's a faraway look in their eyes – content, peaceful. Rejuvenated. Blissed out. 

If you haven't added a little asana to your practice and practice to your asana – the physical side of yoga – know that doing so comes with benefits like the above, and even others that stretch far beyond the end of class. Just take a peek at this...pretty amazing, yeah?
 

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