Yoga, Meditation, and Stretching Weekly summary

Yoga, Mediation and Stretching 

Weekly Summary 

Mantra for this week

OUR MANTRA THIS WEEK:  EVERYTHING you need your strength, your courage, compassion and love.  Everything you need is within you. 

We had a great week chatting about meditation, yoga and stretching.  Why we need it and how as we age we lose our balance and stop getting down on the floor.  It is important to get on the floor and get back up.  Start slow with 3 to 5 times a week and use whatever you need to use to get back up. But keep doing it everyday and you will see a difference in your strength and ability.  Next Balance:  when you are brushing your teeth, cooking in the kitchen, anytime you are standing lean on one leg and lift your foot up BALANCE change legs and do it often.  Possibly every time you are brushing your teeth will make a difference.  Some days our balance is better than others that is OK! Keep doing it!

Some Myths We talked about this week 

*Don’t know how

*Have to have a blank mind

*Have to sit on awkward positions 

*Have to be flexible 

* Have to be religious or spiritual 

*Have to Hear and  do chanting 

*You will always be at peace

*People with anxiety can not be successful. 

👆🏻👆🏻NOPE👆🏻👆🏻

Benefits  and Types

Benefits of meditation 

Reduces stress. Stress reduction is one of the most common reasons people try meditation. …

Controls anxiety. …

Promotes emotional health. …

Enhances self-awareness. …

Lengthens attention span. …

May reduce age-related memory loss. …

Can decrease Blood Pressure

May help fight addictions.

There are 3 different types of meditation 

Informal Stop drop and meditate 

Formal routine or deliberate IE: 10 minutes a day at a certain time

Intensive retreat : Large amount of meditation in a short amount if thime 13 several hours in a short amount of days. 

Benefits of Yoga

Yoga improves strength, balance and flexibility. …

Yoga helps with back pain relief. …

Yoga can ease arthritis symptoms. …

Yoga benefits heart health. …

Yoga relaxes you, to help you sleep better. …

Yoga can mean more energy and brighter moods. …

Yoga helps you manage stress. …

There are many types of Yoga 

To begin it is often suggested you try Hatha to learn poses and start slowly. 

Yin Yoga is a slower style and holds poses for a minute to 5 minutes 

Bikram Yoga is a form of hot yoga each class is 90 minutes and has 26 poses and 2 breathing exercises the room is usually 105 degrees and 40 percent humidity. 

These are just a few.

Benefits of Stretching

Increases your flexibility. …

Increases your range of motion. …

Improves your performance in physical activities. …

Increases blood flow to your muscles. …

Improves your posture. …

Helps to heal and prevent back pain. …

Is great for stress relief. …

Can calm your mind.

STRETCHING is just stretching but a great way to get started this to research different stretches for different areas. Pinterest has great ideas for stretching. Also YOU TUBE!

Apps and Videos

Yoga by Adrienne on YOU tube is Super Popular

Also Yoga with Cassandra on You Tube

Stretching: Ask Dr Jo on You Tube

Yoga Collective (check Group On they have Great deals sometimes)

Calm, Loona, Head Space, Deepok

Beach Body Yoga

Body Groove: Mediations and yoga

Insight Timer

Present- Guided meditation

Down Dog App

Netflix: Headspace meditation series

Focus to do App

Relaxed melodies app

If we missed any please please drop them in the FB Page

Here are a couple Books to grab too

15 minute gentle Yoga https://amzn.to/3cXnAuk

21 days to mindful meditation workbook https://amzn.to/2Z3Vc1D

We hope this Discussion starter made you realize how very important movement is and no one should be intimidated but getting started.  There are no rules.  Just try and do the best you can!

Paris, Sally and Marlene

Always On Your Side Coaching