Yoga’s health benefits have been known to humankind for thousands of years. This ancient practice involves physical poses, deep breathing and concentration that provide a whole host of physical, mental, spiritual and emotional benefits.
When practiced properly, yoga can help to improve flexibility, balance and posture; build muscle strength; increase blood flow; boost immunity; regulate blood pressure, learn to focus, and promote better sleep–and that’s just to name but a few of the ways it can make a person’s life better.
World Yoga Day was started several years ago by Samira Radsi, a yoga teacher living in Berlin, Germany. Samira says that the purpose for creating World Yoga Day was to harness the power of yogis all over the world to help victims of human rights violations. The idea just happened to come to her spontaneously when she was drinking a cappuccino one Saturday morning
