Yoga is a Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practised for health and relaxation. It is a great way to be at one with oneself and can be additionally defined as "the stilling of the changing states of the mind".
I truly love yoga. It is what makes me feel calm and centered, yet energized. Whenever I am feeling down, I do yoga. Whenever I am feeling happy, I do yoga. To put it like Tara Stiles, my all-time favorite guru says, “Yoga cures”. It is the perfect way to get in touch with oneself, and to just calm down. However, I have not always been a yoga-lover and am still aware of how it may seem like a very hard activity to get into, with the breathing, various poses and their odd Indian sanskrik names. Initially, I thought that yoga was a quite strange activity, with a lot of men in Speedos and weird chanting. I also belonged to the group, primarily believing that yoga was not a proper workout; I am so fortunate as to having a quite non-traditional introduction to yoga, and I think that is the reason I got hooked. Anyway... enough of my personal views, and on to the cultural history, and designing.
I truly love yoga. It is what makes me feel calm and centered, yet energized. Whenever I am feeling down, I do yoga. Whenever I am feeling happy, I do yoga. To put it like Tara Stiles, my all-time favorite guru says, “Yoga cures”. It is the perfect way to get in touch with oneself, and to just calm down. However, I have not always been a yoga-lover and am still aware of how it may seem like a very hard activity to get into, with the breathing, various poses and their odd Indian sanskrik names. Initially, I thought that yoga was a quite strange activity, with a lot of men in Speedos and weird chanting. I also belonged to the group, primarily believing that yoga was not a proper workout; I am so fortunate as to having a quite non-traditional introduction to yoga, and I think that is the reason I got hooked. Anyway... enough of my personal views, and on to the cultural history, and designing.