The document discusses how yoga can help improve one's health and peace of mind. It states that many Americans struggle with issues like obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, and stress. It then explains how yoga can help by lowering heart rate and blood pressure, reversing artery blockage, relieving back pain, and decreasing inflammation. The document also notes that yoga allows one to focus on breathing and thoughts, replaces bad habits with new networks in the brain, and releases feel-good endorphins. It concludes by encouraging starting slow with yoga classes that are widely available.

1. YOGA AND YOU
HOW YOGA CAN HELP IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

2. YOUR HEALTH
• 69.2% ADULTS ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE
• 12.6 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE HEARTH DISEASE
• 50 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
• 50 MILLION HAVE ARTHRITIS OR FIBROMYALGIA
• 75% OF AMERICAN SUFFER FROM MODERATE TO
SEVERE STRESS
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3. YOGA & YOUR HEALTH
LOWER HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE
REVERSE ARTERY BLOCKAGE
MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN LOWER BACK PAIN
YOGA IS A LOW IMPACT EXERCISE
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4. YOGA & INFLAMMATION
INFLAMMATION CAUSES ACNE, ARTHRITIS, ALLERGIES,
OBESITY, AND SOME CANCERS
YOUR BODY SECRETES A PROTEIN THAT CAUSES
INFLAMMATION
YOGA DECREASES THE LEVELS OF THAT PROTEIN
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5. YOGA & YOUR PEACE OF
MIND
YOGA LETS YOU CONCENTRATE ON YOUR THOUGHTS
AND BREATHING
YOGA DEVELOPS NEW NETWORKS REPLACING OLD
ONES LIKE BAD HABITS
YOGA RELEASES THE “FEEL GOOD HORMONE” CALLED
ENDORPHINS
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6. GET STARTED
75% OF FITNESS CLUBS OFFER YOGA CLASSES
START SLOW AND DO A COUPLE OF POSES TO SEE HOW
YOU LIKE IT
THANK YOU
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