#what is yoga

[bizfluence]

Yoga: A Mindful Way to a Healthy Body and Mind

[meeorganic]

Yoga has a wide range of physical advantages. Regular yoga practice improves muscle tone, flexibility, and strength. 

It enhances posture, balance, and coordination, lowers stress levels, and aids in managing chronic illnesses like anxiety, arthritis, and back pain. Additionally, it might improve injury resistance, reduce inflammation, and improve cardiovascular health.

Yoga can improve one's mental health in addition to their physical health. According to studies, yoga can enhance sleep quality, lessen symptoms of anxiety and despair, and boost self-esteem. 

Additionally, it can aid in developing mindfulness and relaxation, enabling practitioners to handle stress better and foster an inner sense of serenity.

[rafey-baby]

clumsy

cw: yoga instructor!Rafe being touchy and suggestive (is he even talking about yoga atp?)

wc: 890

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Thinking thoughts about yoga instructor!Rafe who’s always correcting clumsy!reader’s posture with a warm palm on her waist. Pushing her forward with a soft press of his big hand against her back; tapping her thigh to get her to switch into a better position.

Heady breaths tickling her ear when he mumbles out advice on how to get the stretch to feel deeper, murmuring soft words of encouragement in a certain cadence that makes her tingle, something profound in her tummy flutter. 

He’d mumble out insane things that never fail to make her brain short-circuit. 

“This one’s a bit of a harder one but I know you can take it, yeah?” 

“Shit, you’re getting so good at this.” 

“You feel that?”

She signed up for the yoga class in order to help her achy muscles relax a bit, not expecting the instructor to be so…hot (for the lack of better words). Therefore, che can’t possibly focus her attention on his directions since all she can concentrate on is the way his muscles ripple under his shirt and his beefy forearms flex whenever he’d demonstrate a new pose with sweat glittering on his forehead. 

He’d make rounds around class and help everyone get their form right and whenever he’d get to her his hands would always linger for longer than necessary, making her assume she simply needed more assistance since she hadn’t really been paying attention when he was explaining it at the front.

“Clumsy little thing, huh?” He’d playfully mock her when the minute his hands weren’t supporting her she’d stumble on her feet.

Then one day after class when nearly everyone’s left and there’s only a few people loitering around, gathering their things, Rafe pads over to her.

She’s in the midst of taking a sip from her water bottle and his tall frame approaching her makes her look up; he’s clad in a black pair of workout shorts and a dark grey t shirt. Her gaze stalls on the way his tongue pokes out to lick over his pillowy lips.

“Hey, so I thought I could go over that one pose with you one more time. Just so you really get it for next time, yeah?” He suggests, merely wanting to help out the poor girl who’s always struggling in the back of his class. 

“Oh, um— sure,” she answers, embarrassment painting over her features because she knows exactly what he’s referring to; a specific position where she had toppled over and hit the floor, making Rafe’s eyes widen in concern and the other people around her gasp and ask if she was okay. 

It didn’t really even hurt that much, she thinks. At least not as much as her flimsy ego that got bruised up in the midst of it all, trying to cover up how humiliated she had felt with a small laugh, climbing back up to stand on wobbly legs accompanied by a flushed face.  

At this point they’re the only people left and she suddenly feels all too nervous because she’s never been alone with him before. Her inhales and exhales are turning labored, intractable. And she’s not sure whether her clamorous respiration is echoing in the empty room or in the empty halls of her mind. She mentally crosses her fingers and wishes it’s the latter, stepping on top of her shamrock-colored yoga mat. 

“So, what you wanna do is concentrate your weight on this leg, so you don’t lose your balance,” he taps her right thigh and she nearly stumbles on her feet once again; the corners of his mouth tugging up. “And then bend the other one right here, you think you can do that?” 

“Mhm,” she hums as she moves her limbs in the way he’s patiently instructing her to. 

“Just like that,” blue hydrangea eyes are glued to her, making her think he can read right through her as she swallows at the praise. 

“Then, you gotta lean your weight here,” he settles a hearty hand on her right upper arm, thumb mindlessly skating over her burning skin as she does just that. 

“There you go, Bambi,” he murmurs and a pomegranate tinge blushes over her cheeks at the nickname, rounded eyes trying to blink away the haze that clouds over them. 

“You feel it here?” His fingertips graze over her inner thigh and she manages a nod, limbs feeling mellow and spongy all of a sudden.

“Good, good,” he breathes out and her brain turns into a knotted ball of wool at his intoxicating proximity. 

”And if you ever feel like you’re gonna fall, just focus on a specific spot on the floor or the wall or anything, it’ll help, alright?” The words sound almost gravelly when he rasps them out as his palms rest on her waist, strong arms steadying her. 

”Okay…thanks,” she manages out, sucking in some air her lungs are screaming for since apparently she’s forgotten how important breathing is. 

He then pushes her forward a little, making her let out a small noise from the back of her throat in surprise. The sudden stretch of the position she’s now in making her gasp.

“I know, feels good, huh?” 

”Uh— yeah,” she squeaks out, feeling the cotton material of her panties dampening at the way he’s speaking to her; her thoughts turning into something indecent, muddy...

[betterlifeinoverall-rethabilep]

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[obsob]

big man...why is he so big...(hes full of love)

[opalescentidiot]

[talkingattumble]

Chronic pain is. Such an unfathomable concept to people. I’ll be like “hey I’m gonna rest for an hour or two because I reached my limit on walking/exercise and I’m in a lot of pain right now” and then a family member or friend will say”actually this article says that’s really bad for you” and the article in question is always something like “Health Tips for the Average Normal Healthy Person by Mike Ablebodied”

Not to mention finding resources like. I’ll find resources by disabled people and it’ll be like “hey exercise is important, but find a way to workout that uses less spoons, and if you’re having a high pain day then take a break, and here’s some exercises you can do from bed”. And then I’ll find some able bodied persons fibromyalgia tips and it’s like “if you don’t walk sixteen miles every day your muscles will atrophy and you’ll die also your mobility aid makes you weak”. Guess which one of those sources I trust more. And now guess which sources the people around me always seem to find and listen to. Are these kinds of things common or am I just unlucky? Does anyone else have this problem?

[heda-in-the-clouds]

Summer's coming 💧🧴

[kaddyssammlung]

Hamburg / December 2023

[meeorganic]

What is Yoga?

An age-old holistic practice called yoga was created in India over 5,000 years ago. It is a way of life encompassing physical postures, breathing methods, lifestyle philosophies, and an ethical code of conduct. It is more than just a kind of exercise. 

One of the six traditional schools of Hindu philosophy, it is frequently regarded as a path to freedom from the physical world.

No matter your age, fitness level, or experience, yoga may be customised to accommodate you. It's a practice that can help with stress management and physical and mental health improvement.

Additionally, it can foster a sense of inner tranquilly and well-being and assist people in connecting with their genuine selves.

[darqx]

Excuse me / You're excused

(my friend sent me this pose from a twitter art meme)

[fairycosmos]

really want to go for a walk it's 2am and foggy as hell i know it would half fix me but i keep remembering the killer

[wynnyfryd]

“Who’s a good girl? Who’s a goo’ girllll,” Eddie drawls in a ridiculous baby voice, and Steve glances over to see him hoisting their 5-month-old puppy up over his head, her back pressed to the roof of the car while he rubs his nose all over her soft furry belly.

Steve snorts, turns his eyes back to the road. “You’re gonna break your neck, baby; she’s getting way too big for that.”

“Slander!” Eddie gasps, depositing her back into his lap and clapping his hands over her floppy ears. “Don’t listen to him, Cocoa Butter, he doesn’t know what he’s saying.”

“Her name is Coco.”

“Coca-Cola,” Eddie says seriously to the panting puppy in his lap, “your father’s had a lot of head trauma. But we love him anyway, even when he gets your name wrong, don’t we?”

Coco clambers over the console and gives Steve’s elbow an enthusiastic lick.

[slasherscream]

also... bringing in the new year with good information... i have OFFICIALLY left my abusive boyfriend!

[heich0e]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yoga tomura who suddenly has a much higher libido than he's used to. and. doesn't rly. know what to do with himself.