101 Reasons To Start Yoga This Year !

Many people start yoga around this time of year so I thought it would be great to give you a few reasons why people do (well 101 actually).

Please let me know what you think by leaving comments at the bottom and I would love to find out why you started yoga.

1. To get your mojo back.
2. Because it’s fun.
3. To get more energy.
4. To feel more relaxed.
5. To be focused.
6. To begin the path to meditation.
7. Something you can do with friends.
8. To chill out for an hour.
9. To lose weight.
10. Get better flexibility.
11. Build your confidence.
12. To feel great while you’re pregnant – Pregnancy Yoga.
13. To do exercise with your baby. – Baby Yoga
14. To practice yoga with your partner.
15. For better health.
16. To get an adrenaline rush – Power Yoga
17. A subject with no real end to learn forever.
18. An exercise that you can study as much or as little as you like.
19. To get addicted to something great.
21. Have fun with your kids.
22. To sync your body and mind.
23. Build self-awareness.
24. Calm the mind.
25. To bond with your baby while pregnant.
26. To feel great.
27. To feel centred.
28. Join all the big celebrities who practice yoga.
29. To become and teacher and leave your job.
30. To look great.
31. To be different.
32. Go back to the source of exercise.
33. Go all hippie.
34. Wear funky yoga pants.
35. Drink water for a reason.
36. Eat green foods for a reason.
37. To gain muscle.
38. To look younger.
39. Become totally organic.
40. To become at one with yourself…ooooommmmmmm! Yoga Meditation
41. To stop doing things that harm your body.
42. Get down with the cool people.
43. To build strength.
44. To meet people.
45. Join the revolution.
46. Overcome bad habits.
47. Bring you inner peace.
48. For better posture.
49. To get away from the world.
50. Less post-workout pain.
51. Be in a better mood.
52. Improve your stance.
53. Kickstart your day.
54. Make you a wiser person.
55. To smile more.
56. Know that no one is judging you.
57. Because it’s a great workout.
58. It great for professional football players if you play football. Check out the USA team here
59. Improve your mental strength.
60. Help your breathing technique.
61. Great for cross training.
62. Because you want to sleep better.
63. Lower blood pressure.
64. Feel contented.
65. People start at any age.
66. Increase stamina.
67. Because you have just had your 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th (you get the idea) birthday.
68. Less stress.
69. Because your getting married.
70. Have more compassion for yourself and others.
71. Wobbly? – For better balance.
72. Because you’re getting divorced.
73. Fight you’re horrible back pain.
74. Because you want to love yourself again.
75. Because you feel terrible.
76. Because you gave up drinking.
77. Improves your range of motion.
77. Change your lifestyle.
78. To loosen up for running.
79. Drink smoothies for a reason.
80. To tone up.
81. To do something crazy.
82. Alleviate cramp.
83. Because you gave up smoking.
84. To zone out.
85. To feel the love.
86. To get abs. – Core Strength Yoga
87. To feel younger.
88. To restore and sports injury.
89. Power up my energy levels.
90. Be able to touch your toes. See Flexibility Blog Post Click Here
91. I need to chill the heck out.
92. Build upper body strength.
93. To feel sexy.
94. To help with cycling.
95. Feel the yoga rush. (All chatty at the end is a tell tale sign!)
96. To get back to your younger self.
97. Be able to listen to your body again.
98. Because you’re different.
99. Because your friends already do yoga.
100. Why not?
101. Because you can.
102. Run Faster.
103. Get less injuries Running – Yoga For Runners

I would really love to get to 201 do you have any more that I have missed?

Please add them below in the comments:-

What Yoga Does To Your Body PART I by Annie Barber

You’ve probably read about how yoga is good for leading a healthy and active lifestyle. But maybe you’re still wondering what all the hype is about?

Possibly one of the most beneficial effects yoga has to offer is on our physical health. In modern medicine, our bodies are often treated as separate parts. Rather than nurturing the intricate connections between our many different systems. However, yoga has the ability to nurture the subtle pathways of our physiology. Especially important for moving stagnant waste and toxins out of the body and repairing organ, bone and muscle health. These therapeutic benefits have been used to help chronic disease, mental illness, infertility and injury recovery.

In fact, these holistic benefits are deeply rooted in yogic teachings. The principle philosophy of yoga is really very simple. It is the concept that mind, body and spirit cannot be separated. And through practicing the asanas and breathing with awareness, you can develop a harmonised unity of the spiritual, physical and intellectual body. Consequently these must be in balance to experience your true nature and optimal wellbeing.

So there is a yoga pose designed to target almost every part of your anatomy. Helping to detoxify, strengthen, heal and maintain wellness throughout every system of the body. Evidently, this traditional practice and now popular fitness trend certainly deserves its positive reputation.

Yoga really is an incredible way to transform your body!

Types of yoga poses and their benefits

Relaxation Poses

Standing Postures

Breathing Technqiues (Pranayama)

Backbends

Forward Bends

Spinal Twists

Welcome to the second part of our body benefits series!

If you haven’t read Part 1 yet, we talked about some of the different types of yoga poses and their therapeutic benefits.

And while you probably don’t need any more excuses to take up yoga…
There are still so many amazing reasons I want to share with you.

More yoga benefits for a healthy mind and body

Hip Openers

Arm Balances

Plank Poses

Sitting Postures

Binding Poses

Inversions

Balancing Poses