Awhile back ago I received the book 27 Things to Know About Yoga (Good Things to Know)
. I had won it in a giveaway hosted by Jennifer from Running With Cake. This book was my inspiration to do this Yoga Event. Before that though I had started to get back into doing Yoga. P90X Yoga to be exact. I had borrowed a friends copy of it and have fallen totally in love with yoga. At first, YES I was very sore, but I was using muscles that I have not used in years. In fact some of the poses I could not even do at first. I had always been somewhat flexible throughout my life and now that I had not been doing much of anything for the last few years had really caught up with me. This was a real eyeopener(as well as a "hip opener" lol) for me that I really need to get my body back. As a child I was active in ballet, swimming, and softball. I had always preferred a more "solo" type of sports and yoga is just that.
Yoga can awaken your inner you in a way that you cannot imagine, if you let your mind go into it. It is truly a HUGE stress reliever for me. A lot of times I will do yoga at night after I get everyone into bed. After a long crazy stressful day yoga is a godsend. It not only relaxes me, but also somewhat lowers my blood pressure. I have had high blood pressure for about the last 4 years. I am not saying that this can happen to everyone, just that it has lowered my blood pressure. I have become more focused and a bit calmer from doing yoga. So now if I have had a bad, stressful day I just turn to yoga to put me at peace.
Yoga has been a life saver for me the past few months and I am totally in love with it. I am not only doing this Yoga Event to celebrate my passion for yoga, but to also educate and hopefully inspire you to try yoga. I love yoga and I hope that you will too!
In honor of my inspiration I would also love to pass the book along to a luck winner! I will tell you it's not in perfect condition, but it is very readable. This book is wonderful for someone just starting yoga, like I was. So I hope that you will be inspired to start yoga!!
Mandatory Entry
- To kick this off just leave me a comment on whether or not you have done yoga before.
Disclosure: I won this book in a contest and I am giving it away to one lucky winner. I will be paying the sipping expenses.
7 comments:
What a fun event! My husband is really into yoga (I do it from time to time too, but wish we had classes in our town). This book seems like a nice companion to have for our practice.
Been thinking about giving yoga another shot. Tried it many years ago but didn't stick with it. Now that I'm older (and stiffer) I think it might be the best form of exercise to get me back to form. Thanks for the contest!
I adore yoga. I have done it consistently for a few months now and I am two times more flexible than ever before in my whole life! I can touch my toes, do eagle pose with no problem, and my balance is incredible.
I've done yoga before, in fact, became an instructor, after taking a college course in yoga. Thats been over 9 years ago.
Love to win this!
gaileee
yogawithgaileee at gmail dot com
I tried yoga once with a friend. I would love to try again
mistylimepink at gmail dot com
I have tried yoga poses, but never really gave it my all. I would like to give it a real attempt.
smchester at gmail dot com
I am a yoga beginner! Hope that through practice I can keep up with everyone else in class!
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