Lately, I've been noticing that people have made yoga the trendy thing to do. It’s trending nationwide from sporting black or grey leggings to drinking from water bottles with really cool prints on them. Yoga seems to be the new lifestyle trend that everyone is catching on to, but is this worthwhile? Personally, I grew up under the emphasis of yoga. I went to two different elementary schools and a middle school had implemented yoga into their curriculum. The first school I attended required that we meditate for 10 to 15 minutes everyday so we can focus on our education. The others prefer we do the actual poses and exercises. I definitely feel that yoga has made my education more centered and helped clear my mind, further helping me focus on my studies.
So what is it?
You may be wondering what yoga entails? For those who don’t know what yoga is, according to merriamwebster.com, it’s a “(1) Hindu theistic philosophy teaching the suppression of all activity of body, mind, and will in order that the self may realize its distinction from them and attain liberation. (2) A system of exercises for attaining bodily or mental control and well-being.” There are many forms of yoga, such as Anusara, Ashtanga, Bikram and so much more.
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