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Yoga - Why You Should Give it a Try

  • Nov 1, 2016
  • 3 min read

It wasn't until I started school here at JMU that I started practicing yoga. Yoga has had such a positive impact on my life. Some of the changes I've noticed are increased levels of focus and calm, better flexibility and respiratory health, as well as higher levels of confidence.

The American Osteopathic Association lists these benefits of practicing yoga as part of your regular workouts:

  • Increased flexibility.

  • Increased muscle strength and tone.

  • Improved respiration, energy and vitality.

  • Maintaining a balanced metabolism.

  • Weight reduction.

  • Cardio and circulatory health.

  • Improved athletic performance.

  • Protection from injury.

UREC offers a variety of different yoga classes including: Yoga Fitness, Yoga 2, Vinyasa Flow, Power Yoga, Power Yoga 2, Cardi Yoga, and Restorative Yoga and Meditation.

Yoga Fitness:

This class combines traditional yoga postures and modern fitness for an incredible mind/body workout that will increase strength, endurance, and flexibility. Expect basic to intermediate poses. All fitness levels welcome.

Yoga 2:

This class is for students who have been practicing Yoga for at least a year. The class experience will include twists and binds in poses and may begin to introduce inversions.

Vinyasa Flow:

A 60 minute class of flow driven breath and intention. Yoga experienced suggested.

Power Yoga:

Known as the aerobics of yoga, power yoga involves dynamic flow from one pose to the next. You’re guaranteed to sweat in this faster-paced style of yoga that will leave you feeling stronger mentally and physically. Expect challenging vinyasa flow and poses.

Power Yoga 2:

Designed for those seeking a more advanced format of the power yoga class currently offered. Power Yoga 2 will offer more complex sequences, poses, and flows. You are guaranteed to sweat in this faster-paced style of yoga that will leave you feeling stronger and more energized both mentally and physically. Expect challenging vinyasa flow and advanced poses.

Cardi Yoga:

In this fusion class, you will focus on the flows of yoga while incorporating sculpting and cardio bursts at the peak of the class. All levels welcome.

Restorative Yoga and Meditation:

Gentle yoga postures supported by blankets and bolsters to allow your body to fully relax. Meditation to follow to reap rewards of full relaxation.

Other Yoga Opportunities in Harrisonburg:

The Nest: A Yoga + Fitness Studio

Be healthy. Be inspired. Be good to you. The Nest Yoga + Fitness Studio is a state-of-the-art wellness studio dedicated to providing inspiring, approachable and affordable classes for every body. They offer a variety of heated and non-heated yoga classes for the beginner to the advanced practitioner as well as Pilates, Barre, and weekly Meditation classes.

The Center: A Yoga and Pilates Studio

The Center of downtown, is Harrisonburg’s first dedicated Yoga and Pilates studio. In this welcoming atmosphere, students can feel safe, encouraged and challenged to realize their full potential. It’s a place to be with neighbors, make friends, and feel connected. They have the most well-trained, devoted, and top instructors in the area and offer the most wide range of Yoga styles for yogis of all levels, ages, and backgrounds. They passionately understand that Yoga offers all bodies the chance to feel stronger, more balanced, and more comfortable. Even more importantly, they know how a regular yoga practice can improve your overall sense of peacefulness and enhance your quality of life off the mat. Come visit. Live and move joyfully from the inside out. Enjoy your journey to the center.

Shenandoah Yoga

Anyone – young or old, fit or inactive, stiff or flexible, novice or inexperienced – can do yoga and benefit. If you are new to yoga, come try it out! Shenandoah Yoga offers both regular and prenatal ongoing yoga classes as well as private yoga classes and private yoga therapy sessions.

There you have it! Everything you need to know about yoga opportunities in Harrisonburg. I hope you try it out and take advantage of all that yoga can do for you body, mind, and soul! Namaste.

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