Yoga for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers

I am sure you have heard that yoga is good for you. Have you tried it before? Maybe you have tried yoga and felt great after doing it. What are the specific benefits you can gain from doing yoga on a regular basis?

Physical Benefits of Yoga for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers

Increases Strength:

Doing yoga requires you to utilize your own body weight. As you move slowly in and out of postures, you gain strength as you work the muscle in an isotonic and isometric way. Yoga helps to build long and lean muscles while increasing tone.

Increases Flexibility:

The type of stretching that yoga provides gives your body increased flexibility. This increases flexibility brings greater ROM to joints and more suppleness to the muscles. You will notice more ease of movement and less pain after a few weeks of doing yoga.

Injury Prevention:

The increased flexibility and strength you gain from doing yoga  will help to prevent injury. Yoga helps improve your posture and alignment which can also help to increase awareness and thus reduce injuries.

Yoga is a mind- body exercise that brings together the mental and physical disciplines to achieve whole body wellness. It also uses the breath and movement together to open up the body and oxygenate the tissues. I could go on all day about the physical benefits but I think you get the general idea here. Yoga will help you as a massage therapist to gain awareness in your body and help you to improve your posture and alignment while you work. Before and after work, you can practice yoga to help warm up the body to help prepare it for your rigorous schedule and then cool it down and release the tension that has accumulated throughout the workday.

On that note, I think I will go do some yoga. Next time, I will talk about the mental benefits that you will receive from practicing yoga. Then, we will move on to poses that can help you to stay healthy!  

Namaste,

Karina Braun

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