How yoga helps

Challenge ideas about aging

Can you get up and down from the floor without using your hands? Can you sit cross-legged comfortably? Can you interlace your hands behind your back with straight arms? How does your body look when you’re tying your shoes?

​Mind-body movement practice can help you regain the mobility of someone 10 years younger. So you can enjoy your freedom of movement and self expression.  When your body moves freely, everything feels better. Movement becomes a real pleasure.

Reduce stress

We all understand the experience of physical discomfort and pain. But did you know that mental and emotional stress can also get trapped in your shoulders, hips, and lower back? The body remembers.

Stress changes your body language, and when stress is chronic, we form holding patterns that both reflect and perpetuate it. Releasing tension in these areas can help release emotional response patterns reflected there. 

Relieve aches and pains

When muscle groups grow tight, your body adopts work-arounds that get you into trouble. People with tight hips and hamstrings often externally rotate their hips when they walk or run.  People with tight psoas muscles often sway their back and stick out their bottom. People with tight shoulders are often in a constant hunch.​ These imbalances lead to lower back, neck, and knee injuries, and other hassles.

Improve your posture

If you look at modern bodies in profile, you’ll often see a forward tilted pelvis, sway back, hunched shoulders, or a texter's neck. Postural imbalances often begin in teenage years and become problematic by middle age. A misaligned body moves inefficiently and is much more prone to injury. Happily, many of these conditions can be resolved with regular mind~body work.

Improve your circulation

Cardiovascular strength isn't the only factor affecting circulation. Stiffness is often systemic and indicates you may have impaired circulation. Flexibility training unblocks stuck areas and helps to naturally improve whole body circulation.

Sleep well

Tensions that accumulate with the challenges of each day can be greatly reduced with breathing and stretching practices. Just 20 minutes on your mat before you go to bed can help you fall asleep and sleep well.