As you know yoga is extremely popular now. Lots of people start practicing yoga having some exact wishes. Some wish to get supple body, some wish to get out of stress or even lose weight. But it is also known that most of the beginners give up during first 3-6 months.

So my aim is to acquaint you with the main idea of yoga, hope this will help you to choose where to go…

Yoga is not just kind of fitness this is a philosophy which had been formed for ages.

Yoga is an attempt to understand people’s nature via self-actualization.

If you start this way you must be disciplined.

Yoga practice gives you ability to feel ease, excitement and joy. If you ever went for sports you should have known it as a second wind. But please don’t forget that you cannot practice yoga as some unloved but health-giving exercises. Methodicalness and consecution won’t give anything at all. You should perceive your body and first of all you should wish to start yoga practicing in your mind and then proceed to exercises.

First change the relations with your body this is where yoga begins. Your body is a temple where you have a great possibility to comprehend the main idea of whole life. And surely first of all you will get mental progress not physical.

Any part of yoga you can use in daily life whether it is breath or relaxation technique – use it every day to be healthy. It is known that usually people who take care of their mind feel better and get ill less.

Practicing yoga you will find calm and satisfaction in yourself and this will help to get out of problems of our difficult and stressful life.

It is quiet difficult to find out how yoga helps your mind but there are some facts on how yoga helps your body and health.
Practicing yoga you get:
• Better balance
• Lower blood pressure
• Body suppleness
• Get powers of endurance
• High immunity
• Sleep better
• Get out of depression
• Higher self-concept

I think it is quiet enough :)

But you should also remember that you should start practicing yoga only with experienced instructor. Who will guide you in this uneasy world, aim at yoga and be your first yoga-friend. Your first instructor should help you not only in exercises but in understanding yoga at all.
Wish you all the best!