Yoga for a Healthy Mind and Body

The roots of hatha yoga; it is widely practised in the West; three principles of hatha yoga; breath exercises, physical postures and meditation; promoting a healthy mind and body; some simple yoga exercises.

Tension tightens muscles in the upper body; it makes it hard to breathe; a mini yoga class; mindful breathing relieves stress; three new asanas; yoga poses.

Some key tools used in yoga to address physical pain; attention to breath and sensation; release of chronic muscle contractions; healthier movement patterns; practising asanas for each of these pain reduction techniques; a chest opener.

Yoga can lead to a healthier heart; it provides a transition a more sedentary lifestyle to a more active one; the steps to build a yoga practice; two new breathing exercises; yoga poses.

Yoga can help break the cycle of addictive behaviors; performing patterned breathing, side bends, cat/cow, downward dog, lunges, forward fold, and reclined twist; savasana is the traditional closing posture in a yoga practise.

Mindful yoga can prevent the physical and psychological habits that lead to depression; sun salutations are a series of movements and poses that are linked by one breath per move; the classic sun salutation; its variations.