Yoga is the buzzword on everybody’s lips yet your yoga instructor in Avalon New South Wales will tell you it’s been practised for thousands of years. Yoga is an ancient practice, with the western world catching on in a big way over the last decade or two. Yoga is a form of exercise that is good for not just the body but for the mind, for overall wellness and health that includes physical and mental health too.

There are a variety of yoga classes on the market and your yoga teacher will tell you what he or she offers. A yoga studio will generally have an online presence and a schedule of the yoga classes available for everyone to see, with some information on the type of yoga. Some classes are for beginners, although yoga is a non-competitive practise and the general saying is that you go at your own pace and do what your body tells you it can do.

Listen to your body

Most yogis take up the practice and continue for life. Yoga not only feels good, it does good. Yes, you will see the difference in your body fairly quickly (depending on the type of yoga you choose) but most importantly, you will see the difference in the way you think. Yoga brings a calmness, a peace and a serenity. A yoga class, and most classes are fifty minutes or an hour, but some are an hour and a half, are as physical as they are spiritual. There is always a mediation at the end, often a short one, but no matter the length, always a meaningful one.

Yoga gives meaning. It is a practice where you have time devoted solely to the yoga and to yourself. Your yoga instructor Avalon will tell you it is a form of self-care. It is!