It’s been a profound year and your yoga instructor Balgowlah in New South Wales (NSW) may well have given you the skills to get through it. Yoga, which is a practice more than a form of exercise, gives strength that is both physical and mental. Yoga is popular with people, men and women, of all ages, and it has, without doubt, become the exercise of choice.

Is yoga an exercise?

Yoga, and it depends on the type of yoga you choose to do as there are many forms, is definitely an exercise but it is also a meditation. When you do yoga, the first thing you learn is the importance of breathing and breath work. It is your breathing that gets you through each pose, that helps you to do the pose properly, that helps you to get strong. This is a strength that is as good for your body as it is for your mind. Yoga classes in NSW are a discipline and a habit, both of which are good for you.

The different forms of yoga all include the same general poses or postures. Some include a flow of such poses, others include holding the poses for a while. Sometimes they are done in heat, or a park, or at home in front of a computer. Your yoga studio will always offer a variety of yoga classes – most instructors are experienced and have studied the different practices – and you can try out different classes until you find the practice that is best suited to you and your body type.

Yoga, unless you do restorative yoga that is all about relaxation, will help you strengthen the muscles you don’t even know you have. It will give you a great core! But more than that, it will give you peace of mind and your yoga instructor Balgowlah NSW will lead you!