mindfulness and yoga

its a funny old winters day, the suns out, the sky has gone from blue to grey. its raining one minute sunny the next the wind is chilly so we spent the day indoors  with the  curtains drawn and the heater on, all snug and warm beautiful !
doing this mindfulness CD has made me appreciate everything a lot more and notice the little things in life.
I am wondering if mindfulness and yoga are one and the same  it will be interesting to see .
the mindfulness CD made my mind blank, I felt nothing but peace, I actually went into a state  of deep relaxation .
but with my yoga DVD I felt calm and refreshed  and would stay like that for the whole day I have also found yoga has given me mental strength  as well as physical strength, and so much energy I mistakenly  decided  to do my yoga workout at night . I had so much energy! I cleaned the  house and still was not tired and wanted to do more !. never again I am afraid definitely a lesson learnt !
meditation , hatha yoga and mindfulness are all looking for the same thing all trying to get some relaxation  and inner peace  they are all different  to each other but all get  you to reach the same  goal....... self enlightenment .
and obviously  hatha yoga helps with flexibility and grace .



Namaste .
 

becoming healthy with yoga

I have come  to realize over the years  how yoga has changed me as a person.
at first  I thought  I could  do a yoga workout and still  have takeaways for dinner and biscuits for desert and still get a ripper figure out of it.
slowly I  stopped all that unhealthy eating and started eating for the better , not skipping breakfast or lunch eating three meals a day that is when I noticed things were slowly beginning to happen
now I cant eat junk food  much as I have tried  and it has just been completely awful !
I have had to clean my teeth right after just to get the taste out of my mouth.
I really love the way I eat now nice home cooked meals that are healthy
I have lost the taste for junk food , any unhealthy habits are bad for you not only for your body and inner organs  but also your skin.
and you know what it shows.
my hair was greasy  and my skin was terrible and I mean terrible  with all the junk I was eating , just imagine what it was doing on the inside, festering  around your body making you sicker and sicker.

I never realized  yoga would change  the way I would eat but it has and for the better I am even now having   nutritious vegetable and fruit drinks I am not a big fruit fan so this does the trick and they are yum !
who  would have thought it ,I wouldn't have.









 Namaste.