INTRO TO FITNESS/SPORTS: YOGA

Promote fitness and healthy living by introducing students to new sports and fitness activities. The actual sport or fitness type will change regularly. Yoga is the union occurring between the mind, body and spirit. Yoga is about creating balance in the body through developing both strength and flexibility. This is done through the performance of poses or postures, each of which has specific physical benefits. The poses can be done quickly in succession, creating heat in the body through movement or more slowly to increase stamina and perfect the alignment of the pose.