Streeetch. Pose.
Are you listening warriors and warrior-esses?
Put yourself into the form of a pretzel. You can do it.
What?
Come on, man. The Hindu deities Shiva and Shakti and their hermaphroditic joint deity, Arhnraishvara does it. Time for another downward dog! It’s all about flexibility.
And karma.
What we mean by that is that if you haven’t done yoga in a while, well your muscles might protest the stretching that’s coming their way.
Yoga and karma. Kicking your ass!
(Oh come on. Haven’t you ever heard of Hot Yoga? … Kicked our asses … *muttering under our collective breaths*).
Ok, the truth is that daily yoga has some tremendous benefits regardless of the type of yoga you choose to engage in. (And you don’t have to be Hindu or accept the religious overtones that constitute yoga’s poses.)
That means you can be a Zoroastrian, a Jew, a Christian, or a Muslim and do yoga simply as exercise without compromising your monotheistic beliefs.
One of America’s top fitness gurus, of P90X fame, Tony Horton does a daily yoga routine that we’re going to share with you here as the first of several articles on the subject.
1. Tony Horton’s Daily Yoga Routine
2. 23 Steps To Becoming A Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga Goddess
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Come Check Out This Article by Simon Crerar.
3. 27 Pregnant Women Whose Yoga Game Will Blow Your Mind
Pregnancy. Yoga. Stretching.
4. Here’s How You Can Actually Do Yoga At Home
Of course, yoga studios are truly wonderful, but you don’t actually need one to practice.
Now go out and get elastic.
And remember, “Yoga is the fountain of youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible.” – Bob Harper
Namaste. And, Semper Gumby!