108 Reasons to Practice Yoga . . .
An Incomplete List

1. Relaxation
2. Stress reduction
3. Quiet the mind
4. Calm the emotions
5. Strengthen your digestive system
6. Tone and regulate the endocrine system
7. Improve mental clarity
8. Improve body posture
9. Manage your energy more efficiently
10. Reduce risk of heart disease
11. Increase muscle strength
12. Increase flexibility
13. Reduce hypertension
14. Strengthen ligaments and tendons
15. Open subtle energy flow within the body
16. Improve circulation
17. Assist in relieving headaches
18. Increase oxygen absorption
19. Strengthen bones
20. Improve endurance
21. Calm anxiety
22. Assist in losing weight
23. Assist in efforts to stop smoking
24. Assist in efforts to stop other addictive behaviors
25. Increase creativity
26. Help to resist against upper respiratory infections
27. Boost immune system
28. Loosen the spine
29. Strengthen and calm the nervous system
30. Slow rate of joint deterioration from arthritis
31. Increase trust
32. Help to incur fewer medical and health-care expenses
33. Improve your ability to recover from injury
34. Improve your ability to recover from illness
35. Improve your ability to recover from physical exertion
36. Relieve back pain
37. Relieve pain from arthritis
38. Relieve pain from lupus
39. Ease labor and delivery
40. Increase lung capacity
41. Increase rate of oxygen exchange
42. Help reduce the risk of cancer
43. Help to alleviate depression
44. Help to regulate and ease menstrual flow
45. Help to lower heart rate
46. Help to improve memory
47. Help to alleviate neck and shoulder pain
48. Improve mental alertness
49. Improve overall physical fitness
50. Strengthen your self-esteem
51. Increase self confidence
52. Promote self-responsibility
53. Helps your body in absorption of nutrients from food
54. Increase productivity
55. Strengthen self-discipline
56. Increase respect for yourself and for others
57. Hydrate the vertebrae
58. Improve balance
59. Improve coordination
60. Raise energy levels
61. Help regulate your appetite
62. Help to increase your tolerance for discomfort
63. Reduce sick days from work
64. Strengthen organs
65. Improve your general outlook
66. Become a more kind person
67. Increase your ability to see the good in others
68. Reduce moodiness
69. Become more stable
70. Become a more effective leader
71. Be a role model
72. Enhance your athletic abilities
73. Foster body awareness
74. Raise appreciation for silence
75. Raise appreciation levels in general
76. Increase overall health and well-being
77. Help the body purify itself of toxins
78. Improve your quality of life
79. Slow the aging process
80. Improve relationship with self and others
81. Reclaim your connection to your body
82. Increase ability to listen
83. Reduce self-defeating thought patterns
84. Clarify your life's purpose
85. Strengthen family bonds
86. Strengthen your understanding of your personal faith
87. Release self-destructive habits
88. Dissolve self-perceived obstacles to success
89. Become more loving
90. Find strength in surrender
91. Experience Joy
92. Help to purify the mind of toxins
93. Recognize the mind for what it is
94. Respond more quickly to the body's needs
95. Put the past to rest
96. Share your gifts with others
97. Deepen your understanding of truth
98. Serve the community and humanity
99. Progress in your individual spiritual evolution
100. Contribute to the development of our collective spiritual evolution
101. Develop compassion for all beings
102. Let go!
103. Wake up!
104. Move on!
105. Grow up!
106. Trust in your Divine presence
107. Discover the True Self
108. Experience freedom

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