Yoga; a spiritual, physical and mental practice.

" Yoga is the journey of the self, trough the self, to the self." - The Bhagavad Gita.

Yes. Being healthy involves having a regular physical activity, however this does not mean you have to go at the gym five days a week. Although having a six pack and a firm round booty looks incredibly good, you don't necessary need to have them in order to be healthy and conformable with your body. If the gym is what you like, what motivates you, then go for it. It's not the case for you? Don't worry, there are hundreds of other activities that you can try. Hiking, running, cycling, walking, paddling, dancing, swimming, pilates, zumba, yoga, the list never ends! Remember, it can be anything that keeps you moving, that makes you feel good and that burn some calories.

I recently wanted to try out new things that I might like, so I have started yoga! Yoga is not only an excellent physical activity for burning some calories but it is also an excellent way of travelling within your own soul. It is a true spiritual journey.

This activity lists a good amount of advantages:

- It is a stress reliever: I have been trough quite a lot of stress recently and I really feel like yoga is helping me to make a break into this stressful life. During but also after the seance I feel so relax, and peaceful and my mind is only full of good thoughts. 

-It is spiritual: I know it sounds crazy, but yoga is a spiritual activity and you can feel it during the class, specially if like me you have the chance to have an outdoor class and an amazing professor. During one hour you communicate with your soul, you learn to be more comfortable in your body and accept who you are. The spirituality gives you inner strength to overcome difficult situations as well.

- You are relaxing and working out at the same time: Yoga is composed of slow movements, and lots of alternating poses. You can feel your body working slowly and relaxing at the same time. Yes, you do burn a lot of calories by doing yoga and you don't even realise it.

- Having to go to classes is a good motivation: Having to attend classes at a certain time in a particular day is much more motivating compared to doing it at home in front of a screen, where you can easily be lazy and skip the activity.

-It improves your flexibility: yoga is definitely a way of improving your flexibility thanks to the different poses.

Some people complain about the pain, or the difficulty of the exercises. It might be a bit hard the first one or two classes if you are not used to do any physical activity. But don't give up! It will quickly become easier, it is not because you can't do it the first time that you won't be able to do it the second time! I personally didn't get any body pain, but it is probably because I do quite a few regular physical activities. 

A healthy body + A healthy mind = A healthy life

Stay motivated, you are on the good track!