Yoga studio features workshops.
Posted on June 24, 2008
Filed Under Health, Keep Tahoe Strong |
Besides daily yoga classes, Mountain Yoga features several guest speakers and workshops throughout the year.
And to make it easier and more affordable to practice yoga, they’ve started a new unlimited program.
Click here to view their special events featuring speakers who will enrich your life.
Boy are we lucky!
Mountain Yoga
585 Tahoe Keys Blvd. in the Tahoe Keys Village, South Shore
530-543-1400
Check out their daily class schedule. Namaste!
Owner, David Fishman explains the Benefits of Yoga
Ask anyone who practices yoga why and you’ll get a variety of answers. “It makes my day go better.” “It quiets my mind.” “It keeps me healthy.” “Everything flows better afterward.” “My back pain and stiffness are gone.” And “it just plain feels good.”
Yoga can be practiced anywhere, anytime—day or night, summer or winter. You don’t need a health club membership, a personal trainer or any particular equipment. One workout and you’re on your way to developing greater strength, flexibility, vitality and energy—as well as deeper relaxation.
No matter what your age or level of fitness, the benefits of yoga are available to you. I like to think of yoga as a complete reconditioning process. On a physical level, it helps us to develop a fit and agile body, while training us to breathe more efficiently. And on a mental level, yoga’s focusing and relaxation qualities can not only prevent heart disease and strengthen the immune system, but they can also reduce stress by virtue of their effect on the physiological reactions triggered by stress–blood pressure, respiratory and heart rate, perspiration and muscle tension. And by moving each joint in the body through its full range of motion, yoga is even said to be able to reverse the aging process.
Yet even more impressive than its usefulness in health maintenance and injury rehabilitation is yoga’s contribution to competitive and recreational athletes seeking ever higher levels of performance. While increased range of motion and respiratory efficiency enable the athlete to train harder and more effectively, the ability to concentrate and to shut out noise and other distractions contributes to the total integration of body and mind—often enabling the athlete to enter “the zone” nearly at will.
No wonder we see so many runners, hikers, cyclists, dancers, skiers, swimmers, tennis and golf players, and the like in yoga classes. So isn’t it time to ask yourself what yoga can do for you?
