Practicing yoga and mindfulness can help improve emotional and physical well being. Mindfulness is the practice of focusing your full attention on the present moment and surrendering or accepting it without judgment. Mindfulness has been found to be a key element in stress reduction and being fully present and awake in your life.
Read more on the Harvard Gazette
The following are positive practices and strategies to increase yoga's
psychological and physical impact on marginalized communities:
Learn to surrender
Improved posture
Being fully present in your body and taking up space
Practice and persistence, not perfection
Learn to get through discomfort
Start and end your day or yoga practice with a prayer of gratitude
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