1. Calm your busy life
2. Energize your not so busy life
3. Balance other self care activities
4. Reconnect to your authentic self
5. Connect with your inner world
6. Meditate regularly
7. Quiet your mind & listen to your breath and body
8. Enhance your creativity
9. Create a holistic space to release dis-ease
10. Play with your inner child while connecting to your higher self

Yoga enhances our lives more than just the physical attributes, as well as our individual wellness. Here are benefits that have been helping me with ADHD and depression, as well as dealing with the state of this world. As a personal trainer, reiki energy healer, and yoga instructor, it is important for me to find the balance caring for my clients and myself. As an introvert and hsp (highly sensitive person), it is important I find the time to reconnect with myself and emotions. Yoga has amazing physical benefits that I’m sure most of us are already aware of, however, you don’t see too many benefits outside of the physical category….

Yoga brings balance to your life, regardless if you’re busy or not. The many styles of yoga are needed for everybody. If you want a practice that is calm and relaxing, then maybe you’ll want to do a yin yoga practice, or if you want a practice that is more intense and high in energy, then maybe you’ll want a vinyasa or a power yoga focus. Maybe you had a long day but need something to help wind you down, then maybe a restorative practice. No matter the mood, there is a practice that you will benefit from.

Yoga can be a time for you to reconnect with your true self. Some of us play a lot of different roles in life, and yoga can help bring you back to yourself by allowing you to reconnect and ground yourself. We spend a lot of time in our external world, but it is also important to cater to your inner world (in which helps us better in the external world). Also, we spend a lot of time in the external world, so we absorb a lot of noise and what’s around us. Yoga allows us to embrace the quiet, and take a break from all of the outside noise and surroundings.

If you’ve ever had a brain fog, brain fart, or writers/creatives block (for example), yoga will allow you to get those creative juices flowing again. Sometimes our brains become so wired up and just need a break (intentionally). Think of a computer or laptop, if we have it on nonstop eventually it will shut down. Yoga allows you to take a break from our everyday stress and worries, and to be in the present moment. When you’re meditating your brain is reaping the benefits from you being still. This also releases serotonin in which helps with depression (YogaSchoolOnline.com, 2019)

Holistically, spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally, yoga helps you more than one way.

Why do you practice yoga, and what has it done for you?