Benefits
You don’t have to be a contortionist to benefit from yoga! Anyone can practice yoga and begin leading a healthier, happier and more fulfilled life!
Imagine waking up energized, with a clear and calm mind and a body attuned to its greatest potential. Picture creating the life you dream of, enjoying vitality, joy, and self-confidence. Envision a place where you feel deeply appreciated, cared for and supported. In our sanctuary, you can begin your transformative journey embraced by a warm community of like-minded individuals. Join us. You’re invited to move, strengthen, rejuvenate and heal. Be guided by our skilled, compassionate teachers and find your own path to wholeness. Welcome to Balanced Life Yoga – your place of possibilities.
Yoga will help you:
- Build strength – both physical and mental
- Improve flexibility and range of motion
- Create longer, leaner muscles
- Improve posture and body awareness
- Balance the weight of your body
- Enhance your balance
- Recover from injury and chronic pain
- Reduce stress and insomnia
- Have more energy and joy
- Experience emotional calm and mental clarity
- Connect to wellbeing
- Enjoy life more!
Yoga is a group of ancient practices that originated in India in 5000 BC.
The practice of asana or postures in Hatha yoga is the most common form of yoga in the western world. At the very basic level, yoga links body movement with the breath as we flow from one posture to another.
The postures also…
- Teach grace, balance and strength.
- Improve the body’s physical health.
- Clear the mind.
- Teach presence and calm.
Yoga’s benefits affect each person in a different way. Many find that it helps them to relax; others find themselves feeling healthier and more energetic. All the systems in the body—from the lymphatic to the digestive to the cardiovascular—benefit from yoga. Yoga benefits every aspect of our bodies, inside and out.
On the inside, yoga enables relaxation. Many practitioners find that yoga helps them to focus and feel relaxed in both work and play. In 2003, scientists studied both long-time yogis and beginners; they found that the stress hormone cortisol had decreased, even after just one session of yoga. Yoga has also been found to increase alpha and theta waves in the brain, meaning that yoga can relax the brain and increase access to the subconscious and emotions. And by simply increasing the feel-good brain chemicals like endorphins, enkephalins, and serotonin, yoga practitioners just feel better.
On the outside, yogis look terrific. This is probably from improvements on the inside! Since yoga balances the metabolism and provides exercise, many find yoga brings their body into balance. Physical yoga strengthens and tones the muscles while improving balance and posture. And yoga is a great way to cross-train for other sports; it can ease strains from injuries and increase strength and flexibility.
When all the body’s systems are balanced, yoga practitioners feel healthier and find they want to make other healthy choices in their life.
Call Us in Ajax at 905-428-2300 or Uxbridge at 905-852-2782 to begin your yoga practice.