What is Yoga

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What Is Yoga

Yoga is a variety of movements and stretches that help restore our body and bring into alignment.
It goes deeper than exercise and stretches as it focuses on Mind, Body, and Spirit. Yoga has been performed for more than 2500 years commencing in India and the Himalayas following Verdic traditions.

Yoga is a practised for health and relaxation using spiritual and ascetic discipline, using breath control, simple meditation, and specific bodily postures and movements.

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Source: Maria Cole Yoga Instructor in Makay.... Australia 31/1/2018
https://mariacoles.wixsite.com/yogaatmarias

Purification Of The Mind
When one is able to cleanse their mind of all negativity and replace thoughts of positive thinking patterns. One is able to establish a soulful relationship within themselves and able to give more freely to others. Self-Care of mind purification via yoga, meditation, verdic massage and relaxation music and aroma-therapy and nutrition all play roles for a complete transformation of the body becoming into balance. When the mind is Free one is able to live an abundant lifestyle that can not be expressed via materialization, it goes deeper within.

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Source: Maria Cole Yoga Instructor in Makay.... Australia 31/1/2018
https://mariacoles.wixsite.com/yogaatmarias

Restoration of the Body
Yoga is a practised for health and relaxation using spiritual and ascetic discipline, using breath control, simple meditation, and specific bodily postures and movements. This enables the body to become free of toxicity, pain, muscle tension, and allows oxidation allowing the body enhanced blood circulation. Breath Control enables a relaxed state to enable a "Let Go and Release" motion and an Inhale of "Restoration" healing. The movements performed allow tension in muscles to become relaxed as blood circulation flows and allows the oxygen to perform the bodies ability to heal and relax. It also encourages the release of endorphins, providing a sense of tranquility and euphoria.

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Source: Maria Cole Yoga Instructor in Makay.... Australia 31/1/2018
https://mariacoles.wixsite.com/yogaatmarias

Spirituality
For many spirituality can have many meanings. For some it may be a higher being or power force. For others it maybe a sense of life's meaning and discovers. As for myself...I believe in a higher force but Spirituality is "Who I Personally Choose To Be". Spirituality, I personally believeSpirit allows one to enable life choices such as "Love, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Compassion, Gentleness". It can also represent "anger, hatred, narcissism, boastfulness, trauma". Yoga enables one to truly find their Spirituality embrace and nurture the unique beings we are and able to give positive Spiritual qualities to another without self-serving.

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Establishing A Peaceful Environment
With the aids of our environment such as music, aromatherapy and comfortable surroundings. Enables a sense of peace, safe, and able to allow one to embrace the experience completely. Self-care and also the ability to allow others to care for us via ways of massage such as Verdi.


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Source: https://www.yogaaustralia.org.au/what-is-yoga

Therefore Yoga establishes a balance of Mind, Body, and Spirit and strengthens us to become more in balance and able to self-care but also be more empowered to help others more effectively.

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