TRY YOGA FREE

Now - you can try yoga at no cost to you!

Thanks again to the wonderful folks at Wayne County Technology Center, you can try yoga for free on Tuesday evenings, 5 to 6:30 p.m., at the Technology Center (next to the high school).

Why might you want to try yoga?

Here are the Top Ten Reasons, according to Yoga Alliance:

Top 10 Reasons to Try Yoga

1. STRESS RELIEF: Yoga reduces the physical effects of stress on the body. By encouraging relaxation, yoga helps lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Related benefits include lowering blood pressure and heart rate, improving digestion and boosting the immune system, as well as easing symptoms of conditions such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, asthma and insomnia.

2. PAIN RELIEF: Yoga can ease pain. Studies have demonstrated that practicing yoga asanas (postures), meditation, or a combination of the two reduced pain for people with conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, auto-immune diseases, and hypertension – as well as arthritis, back and neck pain, and other chronic conditions.

3. BETTER BREATHING: Yoga teaches people to take slower, deeper breaths. This helps to improve lung function, trigger the body’s relaxation response, and increase the amount of oxygen available to the body.

4. FLEXIBILITY: Yoga helps improve flexibility and mobility, increasing range of movement and reducing aches and pains. Many people can’t touch their toes during their first yoga class. Gradually they begin to use those muscles, and over time, more poses become possible. Yoga also improves body alignment, resulting in better posture.

5. INCREASED STRENGTH: Yoga asanas use every muscle in the body, helping increase strength – literally from head to toe.

6. WEIGHT MANAGEMENT: Yoga (even the less strenuous styles) can aid weight control efforts by reducing cortisol levels, burning excess calories, and reducing stress. Yoga also encourages healthy eating habits and provides a heightened sense of well-being and self-esteem.

7. IMPROVED CIRCULATION: Yoga helps improve circulation and moves oxygenated blood more efficiently to the body’s cells.

8. CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING: Even a gentle yoga practice can provide cardiovascular benefits by lowering resting heart rate, increasing endurance, and improving oxygen uptake during exercise.

9. FOCUS ON THE PRESENT: Yoga helps us to focus on the present, to become more aware with better mind-body health. It opens the way to improved concentration, coordination, reaction time, and memory.

10. INNER PEACE: The meditative aspects of yoga help many to reach a deeper, more spiritual, and more satisfying place in their lives.