An Introduction to Yoga: Improve your strength, balance, flexibility, and well-being

For years yoga was considered a fringe practice embraced mostly by celebrities and “New Agers.” But today millions of Americans from young children to seniors in their eighties and nineties are practicing yoga. And that’s good news because this mind-body practice actually has the power to help your health in dozens of different ways. Yoga is more than just a workout—it’s actually a combination of four components: postures (like tree pose), breathing practices, deep relaxation, and meditation that can transform your health on many different levels. To show you how easy yoga can be and how you can reap the many health benefits, Harvard Medical School experts created An Introduction to Yoga. In this fascinating new report, you’ll discover: • 3 ways yoga can help alleviate arthritis pain • The yoga techniques that help improve balance, flexibility, strength, and coordination • How yoga can help reduce your risk of heart disease • Why yoga may be the perfect way to relieve migraines and fight osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis, IBS, or fibromyalgia • A study that shows how yoga increased blood vessel flexibility 69% and even helped shrink arterial blockages without medications! • Why pain specialists are urging doctors to prescribe yoga for lower back pain • 4 frightening ways stress harms your body and how yoga can help undo the harmful effects • And so much more.