Yogis from All Walks of Life

As a yoga studio owner of 6 years, yoga teacher of 12 years, and yoga practitioner of 15 years, I have seen all walks of life come to their mat together as a class, but all for different reasons. Some students are already in shape and lead a fairly healthy life style and yoga is already in alignment with their vision for themselves. Many students have never exercised a day in their life, and maybe hate to exercise, or are even overweight. But they are willing to try yoga as a low impact way to start to get in touch with their bodies or an attempt to improve their health.

Then of course you have your athletes. Some come injured looking for an outlet for healing or an alternative form of joint friendly exercise, others come looking to cross train and up their game to the next level with increased focus and flexibility.  Many women come to yoga as a way to relieve stress and get into shape. Many men show up because they can’t touch their toes, had a major health scare, or pain has affected their golf game and they are desperate to try anything.

Yoga offers something for everyone; gentle styles that focus on breathing, meditation and mindfulness all the way to very vigorous calorie-burning forms of power yoga that focus on strength, stamina and sweat. Some students stick to one form based on their fitness or stress-relieving goals, but often times, they fall in love with the practice of yoga itself and venture into practicing multiple styles creating a balanced body, mind, and spirit. The beauty of the science of yoga is that everyone can do it, and all yoga poses can be modified to meet each unique body where they are today.