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3 minutes ago, Brizzle Fox said:

I'm 53 and only started yoga 18 months ago even though my brother in law is a yoga teacher!

 

In the main started for the mental health benefits....I have quite a stressful corporate job and also have been through traumatic times with ill and dieing elderly parents over the last couple of years, and suffer from anxiety and panic attacks.

 

Try and do classes once or twice a week and it has  really helped me both mentally and physically.

Good to hear mate. 

 

I try to adopt the Yoga breathing exercises in day to day stressful situations too and it helps massively. I'm not quite a Zen master at mindfulness yet but I'm interested in exploring that more.

 

The best part of Yoga for me is the relaxation bit at the end. Been a few times where I've nodded off and the instructor has had to wake me up