After hearing about thousand times that yoga is not really a workout, I feel compelled to write about it, pushed and urged to agree with the statement. Yoga is not a workout! And it's not supposed to be. Actually, if yoga was a person it would probably be proud of not being a workout! The reality is yoga is a much more complex subject, a life path that involves not only the body (the one that works out) but also the mind, the soul and the connection between all of them. To call yoga a workout would be offensive, to say the least. If you're looking for a great body, yoga will do that for you. If your goal is to learn the secrets of your own mind and to be able to tame the stress, anxiety and other mental disturbances that are rapidly becoming part of our modern life, yoga will do that for you. If you want to open the doorway that takes you inside, where you find your real you, free from culture, ego, life pressures and expectations, free at last, yoga will do that for you as well. As I like to joke, yoga works like a microwave, from inside out. So, if you practice yoga you're truly beautiful, complete and connected. Happy from inside out because you know what you're made of, you know the structures, the walls and the paint of this beautiful building called you.
Although yoga has been around for thousands of years on the East side of the world, us westerners have just recently discovered its benefits and our only mistake consists in paying attention solely on the physical changes this ancient art can provide. On the West, we do not pay enough attention to the real yoga, the teachings that will change your life no matter your age, skin color, body type or religious beliefs. Yoga is simply about respect, knowing that we are one with everyone around us and one with the universe. Union, that is. The union that starts with your body, your mind and your soul.
So, if you're looking for a work out, stay away from yoga. Yoga really is a work in!
See you on the mat.
Namaste,
Paty
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