10 Reasons to Love Yoga and Pilates
With spring in the air are you feeling that the time is right to refresh, refocus, and revitalise? Yoga and Pilates are a great way to get a jumpstart and will leave you feeling energised.
All round health and wellbeing.
Yoga and Pilates are a great way of adding balance into your exercise week - both are forms of movement specifically focused on connecting the body, mind and spirit. Incorporating Yoga and Pilates into your overall health and fitness regime provides a holistic approach where the two forms compliment each other creating well-rounded health and well-being.
The Benefits of Yoga and Pilates!
Most people think of Yoga and Pilates as just a relaxing and calming practice and while it is these things, it is also so much more and has so many amazing benefits beyond relaxation to offer!
Read on to find out what positive effects integrating Yoga and Pilates into your exercise regime can have!
Benefits include:
1. Improved flexibility - allows your body to move more fluently and efficiently.
2. Improved Posture - targets imbalances, and brings more awareness to body alignment, reconnecting to your body's proper alignment.
3. Increased Strength - increased overall body strength and power.
4. Improved Balance - increased stability in your body and mind.
5. Improved Coordination - improves the ability to use different parts of the body together smoothly and efficiently.
Here's 5 more great positives!
6. Enhanced Body Awareness - become more conscious and connected to your body.
7. Teaches you how to move your spine - a heightened awareness of movements increases spinal articulation.
8. Improved Recovery - reduces the lactic acid in your muscles, loosens them up and gets the blood flowing.
9. Reduced Stress - relaxes the mind and improves endorphin levels which decreases stress and improves mental health.
10. Learned breathing techniques - focuses on breath work, and working with your body as one, breathing with the movements.
Your body’s muscles are all connected and by including Yoga and Pilates into your weekly exercise, you will allow yourself to be in unison - strengthening your mind, body and spirit.
Looking to add Yoga and Pilates into your week?
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