Yoga & Pilates have been around forever and knowing the benefits will help you understand why they’re so powerful!

Yoga, Pilates and Meditation are now known across the world, mostly for the extreme health benefits that they bring to the table. It doesn’t matter what age you are or what level fitness you are in; anyone can benefit from both.

More Than 20 Million Across the Globe

Take a Pilates or Yoga class or do Yoga and Pilates exercises in some form or another. This exercise regime is said to give people many physical and mental benefits.

Yoga Mat

Both Yoga and Pilates Make Your body More Flexible and Help Stretch Muscles Giving you Valuable Energy …

Stretching or holding poses overtime and using the reformer on a regular basis not only extends your range of motion, but it makes you more flexible as well. Becoming more flexible will also help you achieve other physical improvements, such as relief from back pain.
 

Yoga Can Improve Your Breathing, and so can Pilates!

When you are in a Pilates class, careful attention is paid to your breathing patterns. Proper breathing helps with your blood circulation as well, which will make you feel fresh, energized, and happy even far after the Pilates class ends.
Deep breathing gives your body a better supply of oxygen, essential for almost all chemical reactions that take place in your body. Oxygen gives you energy. Breathing out rids carbon dioxide, or waste, from your body. Therefore, deep breathing is a great way to cleanse!
 

Both Can Help to Improve Posture

How many of us struggle with posture?

No matter what you are doing when going about your everyday life, taking Yoga or Pilates reminds to connect your body with your core pull your shoulders down and maintain the good posture.
Focus on posture is vital to your overall health and good posture in your class will change the way you carry yourself outside of class.

Yoga Pants

Yoga Pants

Want to Build Better Balance and Core Strength? Yoga Pilates…

Using a Pilates ball or holding a yoga pose on a matt or a reformer makes you use physical coordination and also helps to build better balance.
“Active awareness” of your core muscles while performing Pilates balancing exercises helps you maintain your posture. And, because the core contains and controls your diaphragm improving deep breathing.
 

Overall: Yoga Pilates and even Meditation Make your Body Efficient!

These types of exercises that tone your body, improve your breathing and posture and make you more flexible.
Pilates and Yoga can also help make those at risk for injuries restore muscles, improve body and movement awareness preventing future injuries.
Yoga Pilates and other types of mindful exercises are sweeping the nation and can help you in becoming better, more balanced physically and mentally. Value your body and join Yoga or Pilates today!