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Four More Reasons to Yoga Today

Were you looking for a few more reasons why you should give Yoga try? If so, you’re in luck. I have four great reasons for why incorporating yoga into your workouts is a great plan. So keep track here and if you’re inspired, go out and get a yoga mat or DVD tomorrow or enroll in a yoga class to give it a try for yourself.

Make Cellulite Go Away

Yoga can help tighten up your muscles and mold your body into a lithe shape. Yoga can help your body flush cellulite out as it increases circulation and reduce the cellulite from spongy areas. So not only can you tighten up your leg muscles, but you can smooth out your thighs, hips and buttocks.

Increase the Flexibility and Mobility of Your Back Muscles

Back pain is the second most common reason for people to miss work or be laid up from their daily activities. Yoga requires you to stretch and those deep stretches and poses will increase the strength of the muscles in your whole body and in your back. You will enjoy the relief from the knots and stressed out tension in your back and enjoy a stronger, more flexible body.

Reduce Your Anxiety and Stress

One good hour of yoga and you will feel less anxious and far less stressed. The process of controlled breathing and deep stretches can help you clear your mind and relax your body. There’s something very serene about yoga whether you are embracing the spiritual components of the workout or simply engaging in the physical activity.

PMS Relief

There’s no one hundred percent full proof cure for your premenstrual syndrome, but yoga can help reduce and minimize how badly cramps affect you. It can increase circulation and help reduce the amount of water retention as well as some simple poses that can help you find a level of comfort that is sometimes difficult when you are feeling agitated or hormonal.

Finally, yoga has been proven to help out people with asthma, arthritis and diabetes. It can help ease the rigors of stress accumulated through regular daily activities and more.

What do you enjoy most about Yoga?

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About Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.