How-to Tone and Shape Your Body with Yoga
             Visualize a workout system that invigorates you without tiring you out! Yoga can be the answer to your workout worries. A disciplined yoga practice can be an all-natural, efficient, energizing, and simple approach to claiming the freedom of a happy and healthy body. Guru Dharam Khalsa, founder of the School of Kundalini Yoga, points out the meaning of the method: "'Yoga' means 'union' or 'to yoke' in Sanskrit, describing the means for the self to reunite with the whole" (11). Khalsa also discusses the first mentions of yoga, as recorded to date: The oldest known mention of yoga is circa 600BC, as interpreted from seals located in the Indus Valley. (12) After only a couple yoga sessions, most people begin to feel new strength, confidence, and the power to achieve both physical and mental goals.
             The following yoga workout is intended specifically to target stamina, strength, and flexibility. With only twenty minutes set aside every day, benefits such as better posture and easier breathing can be yours after only a week or two. Though it won't take off inches as fast as more vigorous exercise, yoga will affect your shape in these ways. A noted precaution as stated by the American Yoga Association web site: "Consult your physician before beginning this or any new exercise program. If you are elderly, are pregnant, or have any chronic conditions, seek your physician's advice on which techniques you should avoid" (Christensen). Yoga is particularly an exciting workout because its short and long-term benefits are infinite and unknown. Remember to have an open mind and practice regular, light breaths at all times.
             Breathing
             This particular twenty-minute yoga routine begins with breathing exercises to begin the exciting process of focusing your energies on the inner self. In this important 2-minute stage, one can unravel all the stresses of the day by conc...