Bayonne, New Jersey - Events

Shanti Now Open Level Yoga & Meditation Class

Date & Time

2010-09-12 10:00:00

Location

Bayonne, New Jersey, United States

Address

, Bayonne, New Jersey

Description

TOP 5 Benefits of YOGA 1. Stress Reduction/Mental Calmness: Yoga is a great for releasing stress because it places emphasis on being in the moment and learning not to dwell on past or worry about the future. In addition, yoga requires you to concentrate on engaging yourself in the pose. Yoga also introduces you to meditation techniques, such as watching how you breathe and disengagement from your thoughts, which help calm the mind. You will leave the yoga class feeling less stressed than when you started. 2. Pain Prevention: Increased flexibility and strength can help prevent the causes of some types of back pain. People who suffer from back pain spend a lot of time sitting at a computer or driving a car which cause tightness and spinal compression. Yoga will improves your alignment and release the tension and tightness in your body, which helps prevent many other types of pain. 3. Flexibility: Stretching your body in new ways will help it to become more flexible and obtain a greater range of motion to muscles and joints. Over time, this will help you gain flexibility in your legs, back, shoulders, and hips so can avoid injuries to your body 4. Strength: Arms, back and legs will be strengthen by many yoga poses. Yoga asana that require you to support the weight of your own body such as the shoulder stance or Sarvangasana, or balance on one leg such as the Tree Pose or support yourself with your arms such as in Downward Facing Dog . As a by-product of getting stronger, you can expect to see increased muscle tone. Yoga helps shape long, lean muscles. 5. Better Breathing: Most of us breathe very shallowly into the lungs and don't give much thought to how we breathe. Yoga breathing exercises, called Pranayama, focus the attention on the breath and teach us how to better use our lungs, which benefits the entire body. Certain types of breath can also help clear the nasal passages and even calm the central nervous system, which has both physical and mental benefits. ***Free Metered Parking on Sundays & accessible by LightRail. 1st Time Students only pay $12 per class. Class pass is available for subsequent classes