Yoga Benefits

Each of the incases in this site is designed to increase your percentage of lean muscle over time. Gaining 1 pound of lean muscle is enough to burn approximately 25 calories a day and can prevent weight gain as you age. You can easily gain lean muscle tissue by consistently increasing the amount of time spent on any physical exercise: gardening, housework, walking, or sporting activities. It does not have to be formal exercise; just keep moving, because it all adds up at the end of the day. Practiced dynamically and regularly in combination with your other daily activities, vinyasas will keep you lean and toned, and your resulting high metabolic rate will burn excess calories. (Unfortunately, it works both ways, for every pound of lean muscle tissue you lose, either due to inactivity or lack of essential nutrients, you will burn approximately 25 calories less each day.)Routine I introduces you to one of the best-loved incases, Salute to the Sun, which quickly stretches and tones all the muscles and improves the function of the hormonal system, which controls mood and appetite. The poses convey several benefits to hear this wisdom quieting your mind

• Head-to-Knee Stretch releases tension throughout your spine and the backs of your hamstrings, allowing you to extend in Salute to the Sun.
• Pelvic Rocking makes you aware of the way that subtle stretches can improve the strength and tone of your abdominal and back muscles.
• Stomach Bandha tightens abdominal muscles and improves the way that food is moved through your eliminatory system. It also massages your pancreas, so that you have a steady flow of energy throughout the day, to avoid sugar cravings.
• Vinyasa I, Salute to the Sun, improves the flexibility of your spine and major joints and speeds up your breathing rate and heart rate to increase your metabolic rate.
• Present-Minded Awareness Breath keeps you focused in the present moment as you coordinate your breath with leg and arm movements.
• Creating a Healthy Self-Image is a visualization that helps you release old thought patterns and ideas (e.g., feelings of sadness, hurt, resentment, or guilt over the past or present) that may be preventing you from reaching your goals by taking up your best energies.