Yoga is a powerful practice that combines mind and body through physical postures, breathing exercises, relaxation, and meditation techniques. Performing yoga brings many benefits as it reduces body pain, stress, and anxiety; it also improves physical condition, flexibility, strength, and balance and even strengthens the immune system. Many conditions can generate body pain, from chronic illnesses to having a stressful day. The good thing is that regular yoga practice can help you reduce body pain and tension. But how does yoga reduce body pain? The secret is that yoga acts directly on some of the underlying causes that contribute to pain: It controls breathing. It energizes, relaxes, and strengthens the nervous system. Controlled breathing helps to relax...
Yoga is an excellent practice that provides your physical and mental health with many benefits. While it may seem intimidating for beginners, yoga can be very easy to practice, especially when you start with simple poses that don’t require a lot of flexibility. In this article, we will briefly cover the benefits of yoga, then switch gears to the type of equipment you need before getting started. The benefits of practicing yoga Due to the variety of benefits offered by yoga, it can be challenging to summarize all of that in a shortlist. For this reason, we opted for the most established health benefits. Stress management In one study, researchers concluded that yoga can...
We are excited to publish this Q & A with one of San Francisco's best yoga instructors, Megan Gathers. If you are looking for a yoga instructor in the San Francisco area or you are thinking of becoming one, read Megan's story, and her yoga tips in this article. Also, Megan has overcome obstacles, read below to get inspired on overcoming your life obstacles/blocks. Megan Gathers is a Yoga instructor & wellness expert based inSan Francisco, with over 12 years of experience. Megan helps women connect with their bodies and their self-worth through yoga, strength training, bodywork and meditation. She also helps office workers stay happy and pain-free through corporate yoga and stretch breaks. ...
We had the pleasure of interviewing Kalea Cleeton, a yoga instructor in San Francisco. Kalea provided us refreshing insights into her yoga journey. She shared with us her motivation to become a yoga instructor, her tips on practicing yoga, her transformation along with the transformation of her clients. Read below to get inspired. 1. What sparked your motivation to become a yoga instructor? My motivation springs from the feeling yoga grants me after each class. The feeling of breath to movement, equanimity and expansiveness in my body and soul. The feeling lingers with me both on and off the mat and inspired me to pursue teaching in hopes of gifting this feeling to others. ...
We are delighted to have had a Q & A session with Zamanta Archibold, a yoga teacher in Miami, Florida. We loved hearing her journey to becoming a Yoga Teacher and how it has transformed her life and the life of her clients. Her story and perspective as a Yogi is unique to her and captures the truth of how Yoga ascends us. Read below to be inspired. 1. Why did you become a yoga instructor? It was 2008. Amid the economic housing crash, my husband lost heavily in the market, and suddenly we were broke! Forced to leave Europe, I moved back to the States with our daughter and two dogs to find work. With nothing available in...
