In order to actually follow through on your New year's resolution, it can be helpful to take up a holistic solution to your overall health, one that improves mental, physical and interpersonal well-being all at once.
Every New Year, tens of millions of Americans vow to eat better, get more sleep, venture outdoors, quit smoking or in some other way improve their lives a little bit. Unfortunately, many personal change modes that are based on New Year's resolutions don't last very long. This may be why one natural health expert recently recommended making personal changes through yoga.
Elaine Gavalas wrote an article for the Huffington Post explaining that more than anything else, people resolve each year to lose weight. And as you might expect, even the best-laid of such plans can go awry.
"Most weight loss [programs] are fads that offer short-term solutions to a long-term problem," Gavalas explained. "In contrast, yoga offers a positive change in lifestyle, where permanent weight loss and maintenance is a natural result of enjoyable yoga exercise and diet."
According to a recent survey, the top New Year's resolution of 2012 is to become more physically fit, followed closely by losing weight.
In order to actually follow through on such a resolution, it can be helpful to take up a holistic solution to your overall health, one that improves mental, physical and interpersonal well-being all at once.
You know what that means – yoga!
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