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Yoga for Fitness March 18, 2008

Defining Yoga

The science of personal development.
A way to attain a healthy body and mind.
A discipline.
Leads us towards integration.
The stilling of the movements of the sub-conscious mind.
Consciously living life to the best of one's ability.

You've been hitting the weights hard, running agressively on the treadmill, eating all the right foods, now what? Oh yeah, Stretching! Often left out of exercise routines due to time limitations or false reports on the negatives of stretching, Yoga can fill the gap to make your exericse routine complete. Yoga is a perfect compliment or even replacement for the lack of knowledge on stretching.

Yoga is defined as the unity of mind, body, and spirit. A fitness approach to Yoga, focuses more so on the "BODY" element, but of course not to discount mind and spirit. This type of Yoga is commonly known as Hatha Yoga, and is very popular in the modern era of gyms. In fact, it may surprise you to know that many college and pro sports teams require their players to participate in Hatha Yoga during the off season in order to maintain flexibility, for the high amount of performance needed during the next upcoming season.

Yoga in general teaches the body to perform all three major actions of contractions at once; namely, eccentically, isometrically, and concentrically contract. This makes Yoga a total body experience rather than isolating certain muscles in sacrafice of others. It would do you well to become familiar with "The Sun Salutations" which is the common introduction to most Yoga Classes.

The Sun Salutations is my personal stretch routine 3 days a week after weight training, 12 basic Asanas (poses) that only takes 10 minutes to perform. The common length of gym Yoga classes run anywhere from 60 - 90 minutes. However, out side of the sun salutations, you can pick up any Yoga video or DVD in just about any store that will run about 20 minutes.

If you feel that you're lacking flexibility, or can already admit that you just have not payed enough attention to your flexibility needs, then give Yoga an effort. You may find that Hatha Yoga is in fact the missing link to your fitness needs and goals.

Chicago Fitness Training offers private and group Yoga training for your convenience, both in home and in a gym studio setting. Feel free to contact us, and be sure to visit our Yoga Page at the following link: www.chicagofitnesstraining.com/yoga_instructors

2008-03-18 11:22:30 GMT

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		Yoga for Fitness March 18, 2008 Defining Yoga The science of personal development. A way to attain a healthy body and mind. A discipline. Leads us towards integration. The stilling of the movements of the sub-conscious mind. Consciously living life to the best of one's ability. You've been hitting the weights hard, running agressively on the treadmill, eating all the right foods, now what? Oh yeah, Stretching! Often left out of exercise routines due to time limitations or false reports on the negatives of stretching, Yoga can fill the gap to make your exericse routine complete. Yoga is a perfect compliment or even replacement for the lack of knowledge on stretching. Yoga is defined as the unity of mind, body, and spirit. A fitness approach to Yoga, focuses more so on the "BODY" element, but of course not to discount mind and spirit. This type of Yoga is commonly known as Hatha Yoga, and is very popular in the modern era of gyms. In fact, it may surprise you to know that many college and pro sports teams require their players to participate in Hatha Yoga during the off season in order to maintain flexibility, for the high amount of performance needed during the next upcoming season. Yoga in general teaches the body to perform all three major actions of contractions at once; namely, eccentically, isometrically, and concentrically contract. This makes Yoga a total body experience rather than isolating certain muscles in sacrafice of others. It would do you well to become familiar with "The Sun Salutations" which is the common introduction to most Yoga Classes. The Sun Salutations is my personal stretch routine 3 days a week after weight training, 12 basic Asanas (poses) that only takes 10 minutes to perform. The common length of gym Yoga classes run anywhere from 60 - 90 minutes. However, out side of the sun salutations, you can pick up any Yoga video or DVD in just about any store that will run about 20 minutes. If you feel that you're lacking flexibility, or can already admit that you just have not payed enough attention to your flexibility needs, then give Yoga an effort. You may find that Hatha Yoga is in fact the missing link to your fitness needs and goals. Chicago Fitness Training offers private and group Yoga training for your convenience, both in home and in a gym studio setting. Feel free to contact us, and be sure to visit our Yoga Page at the following link: www.chicagofitnesstraining.com/yoga_instructors 2008-03-18 11:22:30 GMT Comments (0 total) Site Home