Yoga for You Montclair

There are many reasons why people decide to start practicing yoga. No matter where your starting point, the practice of yoga can be challenging and stimulating – or calming and restorative, depending on what you need that day. Modern lifestyles, characterized by rushing around and not paying attention to posture, can leave many of us feeling stressed, stiff and achy. Sometimes people come to yoga to help recover from an injury or to help combat the symptoms of conditions such as arthritis, osteoporosis and scoliosis. Most of us at some point face some kind of physical limitation, and not all poses are suitable for all bodies. If you are undergoing treatment, the right yoga practice can support your recovery by helping to ease pain and stiffness, and promoting blood flow and relaxation.

Draw your focus inward…

…What is going on in the mind? Is there agitation, emotion, commotion? Sadness? Emptiness? A sense of being overwhelmed? The mind moves quickly, and mood states can rapidly shift. Sometimes, however, we may find ourselves stuck in a certain mood state, or troubled by obsessive or repetitive thoughts. Yoga and meditation can help us to break negative thought patterns and our cultural dependency on (over)thinking. The energy of the poses themselves and the mindfulness inherent in the practice encourage us to move from fear to courage, from resisting to releasing, and from insecurity to confidence.