The strength and flexibility benefits of yoga are well known, but did you know yoga helps your brain and immune system too? And did you know those two—your brain and immune system—are actually one?

The images and messages we see with typical fitness marketing can often do more harm than good to us, both physically and mentally.

What I see are images of young men and women, with “perfect” bodies (very little body fat) that promise that “you, too, can look like this!”

That’s an unrealistic claim for a few reasons.

Yoga, in its traditional East Indian roots, is a way to reach “union”. A simplification of this South Asian philosophy is that we are all part of one divine universal consciousness that manifests all of life. We, as humans can get caught up in egoic concerns, and “forget” that we are part of this much greater aspect of being. You may have heard some people describe this as the difference between the small “I” egoic self and the larger “I” that is one with the creator and all of creation.

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Self care right at your desk! This Pilates Saw exercise is fantastic for your back.

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