Yoga Turns a Bad day Good

Yoga is a perfect antidote to a bad day -- disappointment, criticism, and low energy fade away.  Next time, aka tomorrow, you need a pick me up, instead  of stopping at Starbucks or at the mall for retail therapy, drop into jolie for a yoga class.

Concentrate your mind and body and you will find relief; relief by sourcing your strength and clarity; in that, you find peace and satisfaction through yoga.

How does yoga transform your day?

1. Yoga allows you to connect to your resilience - physical and emotional.  Holding a pose will challenge your muscles, as you dig deep to hold a difficult pose you find out you're stronger than you think you are.  The focus of holding warrior pose will connect you with your mental and emotional fortitude.  Tapping into our strength during yoga is just the push we need to get us mental back in the game after a stressful day.

2. Clarity created by concentrating on a pose: breath, posture, alignment is akin to a moving meditation the concentration creates gaps in which our mind can float.  This not only relaxes us, but opens up space for solutions and insights to bubble up.

3. Rest of savasana is integration time. Not only is it integrating the work you have done in your practice that day, but it also allows mental rest to digest the events of the day. This digestion allows you to let go of the waste, and be nourished by the good.  It is an effortless letting go.  Lay in the pose for deep restoration with no effort.

4. You get a natural high.  Craving an escape or an increase in your energy, yoga is the answer accessible to everyone.  Yoga causes the release of endorphins to lift your spirits and energy.  People leave yoga, as they do meditation, with a radiant, glow from the cascade of joy hormones.

Stop by daily to experience yoga at jolie.  We have everything you need, just bring yourself.  Check out our new Yoga for the People - pay as you wish and support women's empowerment - all adult classes included.  See you soon!

with love and gratitude,
Julia