Yoga- Fitness or Self awareness??

I just received an e-mail selling some new prop for the wrists to have you do the perfect plank..and then it showed photos of two pretty sloppy chatarungas with this quote:

Yoga’s participation rate skyrocketed in 2010, growing 28.1% to 20.2 million participants.  Yoga is considered to be the second fastest growing leisure activity next to jogging and running according to the National Sporting Goods Association

SO maybe that is why the NY Times came out with its catchy article circulating around yogis title ” Why Yoga Wrecks Your Body”. Yoga is a 5000 year old tradition meant to purify and cleanse the body and mind though the breath and methodical patient, not PUSHED (stretch- not strain, strengthen- not pain is the way I see it).  Let’s hope some of those taking it up as a leisure activity understand the complexities and wonders of a true yoga practice!

yoga on the lake

yoga on the lake

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