
What are the Benefits of Yoga?
The ancient practice of Yoga is linked with innumerable health and wellness benefits. In today’s fast paced life, Yoga is ideal for bringing mind, body and health well being. Bridging this health gap and helping people find peace through yoga, is what brings me fulfillment and a sense of purpose. I feel an innate sense of contentment by compassionately helping people get healthier and getting to know themselves better. It is this passion that has led me to find yoga and dedicate myself to teaching it full time.
How Yoga Changed my Life

My yoga journey started in 2011 when I moved to Los Angeles to escape the intensity of New York. Unfortunately, I found myself stuck once again, in a very stressful job. My sister suggested a thing called ‘Yoga’ to help relieve the stress. I gave it a few tries, and gradually saw positive changes in myself that led me to practice every day.
As I got deeper into the practice, I discovered that yoga opened doors to not just relax my body but also refreshed my outlook to life. It filled a spiritual gap I had been striving to fill for years. Little by little, it grew into the passion to which I have now dedicated myself full time – Helping others find peace, health and well being through Yoga.
I believe we all have great potential and skill to better connect with our inner selves and find a higher form of happiness. This requires a little journey into our inner world. Consider midtown traffic during rush hour and our level of kindness toward others. We feel frustrated, in a rush, self-absorbed, and mildly hostile. Is this who we want to be? Is this the kind of world we want to leave behind?
My Simple Yoga Philosophy

I believe nobody is perfect and being human is the experience of having an angelic self and an evil self constantly at battle. Too many times we are unaware of our actions and the subtle intentions behind it. This leads to a repetitive action cycle making us oblivious to what we are doing and why we are doing it. We may got us into a state of confusion and downright despair not knowing what’s really going wrong. Trying and failing over and over again on a similar problem given in different situations and with different people, we may just think that we are in dark not knowing where we are heading to.
Our actions are based on the side that dominates our thinking. We all go back and forth and question our actions. To give even the slightest attention to that angelic self is a step forward – hesitating before cursing at midtown traffic is an example.
What I love about yoga is the endless opportunity to improve and progress through better health and spirituality. Your work at a pace that is right for you and through years I have helped others learn the true nature of the “self”, who can be your best friend in this beautiful journey inwards.
The path to true personal development is not through shortcuts but rather being brave enough to see our true selves. When that happens, we can achieve the change we desire. Yoga is the way to this destination of self that is just waiting to be opened by You. All you need to do, is take the first step.

Yoga with Umit
Since its inception in 2012, Yoga with Umit has helped thousands of students.
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