an Influential Male...is a well dressed man who carries himself with confidence stands out and gets noticed no matter his XL size...

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Yoga Anyone ?

Keeping fit can be achieved from more options than just throwing a rack around at your local gym or weight room. Most men would question the question of asking them to participate in yoga due to the preconcieved notion of "yoga is a for housewives". Well Influential Males you are wrong on this one...
Guys have the world to gain by practicing yoga. So what's holding you back Influential Males? While in the back of your mind you would much rather be relaxing watching ESPN or golfing with your buddies, you find yourself surrounded by floral print mats and beside someone else's painted toenail polish.... A world turned upside down-that's yoga for most men. So I did some research to find out exactly why so many men stick to the yoga sidelines and here are few reasons why:

Social Obstacles: Yoga Takes a Brave Man
First thing first how do one overcome the awkwardness of entering a room of pensive women readying for class sets as strong a tone as a locker room of guys snapping towels. "Men walk in needing a challenge, " says Judith Lasater, who has authored six yoga books during her 35 years as a teacher. So Influential Males suit up and enter the yoga game with your game face on for Downward Dog... To offset the the pile of voguish flip flops armor yourself for yoga bravery by introducing yourself to the instructor and discuss fears and anxieties...

Physical Hurdles: Overcoming Groins and Pulled Hamstrings
Get a man past his reservations about Warrior pose and he'll still have a well-founded reason to drag his feet to a studio: Yoga can be painful (Tilin, Yoga Journal). Because it's in your Influential DNA that you are FORD tough and built to last (minus the flexibility), which leave you chanting Ommmm for other reasons than finding your center... Stretching has long taken a back seat in a man's daily things to do. But many men have had benefits from its effect. Bernstein, a former competitive high school golfer who's managing director for an investment firm realized that nowadays for him "everything hurts".  Soon after several classes of Upward and Downward dogs, he began to realize that his once stiff back now feels better.

Physical and Emotional Benefits
Elasticity also helps men who are determined to play all day. Barry Zito, the 28 year old star pitcher who's spent most of his career with the Oakland A's serves as a role model for any jock who's determined to stay injury free. Many athletic trainers of all genres of sports are slowly accepting and incorporating alternative training methods into their training regimens. Not just for the player at heart, businessmen in the corporate world find spiritual (uplifting) benefits. Taking a break for mind and body has become essential in staying abreast challenges that day to day life may bring. Yoga can also help you with mental clarity "realizing that the bigger game you're playing in life isn't about competitiveness". (Oz, Mehmet).

What life is about Influential Males is awareness and keeping one's ego in check- after all this world is bigger than one man it is filled with many Influential Males....

NAMASTE...

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