Benefits of a Daily Yoga Practice
Hello Reader,
Ever noticed the tendency to try to get really organized before going on a long trip?
I certainly LOVE seeing each of you in either my zoom classes or in-person classes. Yet when I decide to go away for a while, I wonder if you keep up your practice on your own?
While learning to practice yoga at home is challenging especially with all the other tasks and duties vying for our attention, regular practice does offer the best long term benefits. There was a study done in 2012 of over 1000 yoga students demonstrating that the frequency of home practice is what favorably predicted better health measures such as levels of mindfulness, subjective well-being, BMI, improved eating habits, sleep, and fatigue.
As I will be away most of November, here is a blog post to help encourage you to spend time tuning in to your body/ mind on your mat. The blog offers you four simple yoga poses you could do every day to wake up and condition both your connective tissues and muscles to reduce your incidence of back pain. PLUS It has a link for a list of ways to create an ideal practice space at home.
Life happens. And the lower back tends to take the brunt of overwork and minimal attention until back pain gets loud enough to cause us to slow down.
It is possible to keep your back pain-free with a few yoga moves. In a short 15-minute practice you can help your back perform its best throughout your day. While this is not an extensive list of poses for total lower back strength and balance, I would refer you to my book for that, these basic poses repeated often will serve you well.
In the Light of Truth. Namaste, Lillah
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