Back to Top back to homepage 4. In today's society we all experience some degree of tension. Through the yoga practice you will be able to release and let go of much of that tension. Tension is a tightness or a squeezing that occurs in the organism mentally, emotionally and physically. Yoga helps us gain awareness of our tension and help us order our body to relax.
Yoga exercises frees a great amount of tied up tension leading to mental and emotional relaxation.
Back to Top back to homepage 5. Evaluating your progress The beauty of yoga is that you do not have to compete with anybody, not even with yourself. You can just enjoy your natural pace of progress as you move along. You will see that some days you will perform better than others and you will learn to accept that. So it is important to listen to your own body and follow its guidance without forcing position or pushing too hard but going as far as it is comfortable each time.