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Has this ever happened to you? You make new, healthy goals for yourself, you feel the motivation at first, but then it starts to fade and you fall into old habits. Or, you move to anew city alone and have to adjust to a new schedule or routine, but feel defeated a few weeks in? Or maybe you feel discouraged when you go online and it seems like everyone around you is so laser-focused on their own success.

We often make new year’s resolutions in hope of bettering ourselves. Starting a yoga practice is one of the best ways to improve yourself. As such, it is a great new year’s resolution!

It’s often easier to just think of a workout as something to “get through.” We groan, mumble, and begrudgingly tie up our shoes and try to distract ourselves until the workout is over. The problem with this is that we are completely letting go of the “why” in our fitness regimes and not implementing mindfulness.

The most wonderful time of the year can also be stressful. Between shopping, cooking, travel, and visiting family, the holidays are a lot.

When you begin taking yoga classes, you may notice some instructors using unfamiliar-sounding words to cue poses.

There are many benefits of yoga. For example, yoga helps relieve pain and stress. It also boosts your immune system

For centuries, meditation has been practiced as a path to better self-reflection and groundedness and innovated as a tool to deepen our well-being.

There are countless benefits of yoga. It makes you more flexible, reduces tension, and keeps you active. But yoga has several therapeutic benefits as well.

Along with turkey and pie, gratitude is vital to Thanksgiving. Yoga evokes feelings of gratitude by leading us to focus on ourselves and the present