Yoga for everyone

Yoga is such a wonderful gift to give to your child.  Introducing children to yoga at a young age gives them such a head-start in life, but it's never too late to start at any age.  Yoga is sometimes stereo-typed into a specific group.  For some reason, people think you can only do yoga if you are flexible.  This notion could not be further from the truth.  Yes, there are some that are extremely flexible and can contort their bodies into amazing poses.  However, there are many that are not as insanely flexible, but still practice yoga regularly.  Yoga may not make everyone supper flexible, but it will make each person more flexible than they were before starting to practice.  Flexibility is only one of the many reasons to practice yoga.  Some of the other benefits are improved balance, coordination, strength, creates a sense of calm, encourages creativity, better health and wellness, positive energy, builds self-esteem, stress management, move at your own pace practice, body awareness, increased focus and concentration, promotes environmental awareness and encourages compassion toward others.  I could on and on, but why don't you try it for yourself for a few days and you be the judge.  There are many yoga poses and practices you can download for free online.  You might want to try yogapeeps.com, click on vidoe's, and click on sun salutation with Lara.  If you don't like this one, try a couple different ones until you find what works best for you.  Just remember to always listen to your body.  If something feels painful, don't do it, your body wouldn't lie to you, just move into a more beneficial pose for your body.  Have fun experimenting!