If you think that yoga is about physical fitness and you should do that to achieve your weight loss goals and it will give you a toned body then you simply don’t understand what yoga is, a nicer looking body and the feeling of strength are just by products of what yoga does to your body but in reality, the ancient yoga is more of a mental exercise, at Marianne Wells YTT we were taught that asanas or poses are never the end goal and you don’t become a better yogi if you know a few more poses than others because yoga is not about that.

Yoga is more about spirituality rather than physical movements and poses, if a pose is performed to physical perfection yet it fails to develop the connection between the mind and body then it is of no use, it is rather a physical workout than yoga because the ultimate goal of yoga is not achieved, the essence of yoga could only be understood if you have a deep sense of yoga philosophy and why different techniques are popular in different parts of the world, the yoga market here in the United States is very competitive and unfortunately some of the trainers have turned yoga into a physical exercise and a weight loss exercise, you cannot blame them because people nowadays want quick results and it is not wrong to use yoga to lose weight but it is not the ancient form of it, rather it is the modern, western form of yoga.

Marianne Wells YTT Yoga is something will create a mind-body balance and give you inner healing and this is why you should never perceive yoga as movement, pose or stretching because it is about putting your mind and body in a meditative state.