I started to write a piece about reasons for practicing yoga and the benefits associated with yoga. But it got a little large for a post! So I've put it on the website. Here are the opening few lines. It they tempt you to read further please click on the link above or at the end of the extract to read the full article.
"Improved flexibility, increased strength, relaxation, stress-relief, improved health and increased feelings of well-being.
These benefits, which occur when we practice of yoga, are well known and are some of the reasons many people practice hatha (pronounced hat – ha) yoga (bodywork, breath work and relaxation). Less well known or spoken about are attributes which have come to be important in my own practice – self-knowledge or self-understanding, personal integration and a move to wholeness.
The word yoga is a Sanskrit word commonly translated as union although I prefer to use wholeness or integration..."
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