Working Out With YogaWorks
July 6, 2009 by Tracy Hopkins
Filed under Women's Health
This week I start taking classes at YogaWorks in Manhattan. Christina Malfitano, the downtown location’s yoga advisor says it takes about eight weeks to build a yoga practice. So she recommends I set a goal to come in twice a week and take the same classes.
“Dedicating 2.5 or 3 hours a week to your body is important,” Malfitano says.
The yoga instructor explains that each posture has a physical benefit such as massaging the internal organs and stimulating the circulatory system.
From a mind/body standpoint, yoga’s focus on the breath is particularly helpful to New Yorkers. “We need to leave the …read more
