Table of Contents
1. Yoga is not just physical, it’s mostly mental
Yoga involves bringing your body to be in tune with your mind. With every posture that you perform, your mental awareness is crucial to understand the changes being experienced by your body
2. Yoga is more of the prevention than the cure.
Yoga can be practiced to keep a healthy lifestyle and good mental health, but once you get a certain illness or disease, you can do yoga, but it should be done along with taking your medications
3. Yoga is a lifestyle
It’s not only a way of living, but it’s also a way of thinking and breathing eating. Yoga can be extended to every part of your daily routine as it, in fact, is a lifestyle
4. Yoga requires self-discipline
Yoga is not something that can give you instant results,, so if you want to reap the benefits, you need to discipline yourself to do yoga for a long period of time, regularly.
5. Yoga is not only about the asanas, but also about the values
Yoga comes in to play in your day to day life as it disciplines your thoughts and teaching you about life values such as nonviolence (physical and mental), not to think harmful thoughts, truthfulness, being content with what you have, etc.
6. Yoga is a process of self-discovery
Yoga is a journey of internal realization and self-discovery. It makes you feel comfortable in your own body.
7. Yoga takes time
Yoga is a slow process and requires a certain amount of time to actually start showing results. So don’t give up if you’re not seeing any progress, the time varies from person to person, but in the end, you will receive the benefits!
8. You can start doing Yoga as early as at the age of eight
There is a common misconception that yoga is not required for younger people, however, as early as at the age of eight, children can start practicing yoga and it can be very beneficial.
9. Yoga rejuvenates you and slows down your biological clock
Age is just a number. It is mental. With yoga, you can always feel young at heart. By practicing yoga, meditation, and Pranayam, you can look and feel younger much younger than your actual age.
10. Yoga requires faith
A little bit of belief can go a lot way and Just as in any other field, Yoga requires a little bit of faith for you to be able to fully appreciate its existence. You need to believe that yoga is actually helping you and making you a better person physically and mentally ,for it to actually work
