The calmness that it brings my mind, body and spirt. When else can I feel like I am flying without leaving the floor.
I like the contentment I feel. I feel like everything is perfect just the way it is and the struggle to find meaning totally dissolves away into contentment.
Really Yoga is a wonderful exercise that gives all the energy you need and the workout without any side effects. It is also the best way to burn extra calories. I also use Yoga for morning workout. It helps for a better start of the day and to burn extra fat. It keeps me in shape and good health.
I can’t imagine not doing yoga! It has become such an integral part of my life. I love staying in certain poses and really feeling the muscles stretch. Bliss! The contentment and centeredness I have gained are invaluable. What started off (western thinking) as the need to exercise has turned into a spiritual journey.
The reminder that I am not perfect, yet I can strive to become better.
I love doing yogasanas because they expand my space, I feel my limbs, waist and spine more easy and covering comfortable area.
When I have twisted good enough in my practice I find it easy and even pleasurable to reverse the car, which involves twisting the spine to look back into the rear windshied.
When I have stretched forward amply I enjoy bending forward without bending my knees to tie my shoe laces.
When I have done good Maha mudra I feel confident when I sit on a flat bench without a back rest.
When I have done good padmasana my knees feel healthy when while sitting on the same bench I put my right foot on my left knee and feel like a king.
When I have done karanpeeda asana the vertebrae between my shoulder blades are relaxed and stretched and I feel relaxed and comfortable in my own skin.
When I have stretched my thighs I find there is a lot less anxiety in them. I can sit more relaxed and peaceful.
And to stretch my neck (which has ached for decades now) is my dharma. If I dont do it I feel I am letting my body waste and disintegrate.
Before Yoga, I saw everything out there; Yoga taught me to see a whole new world in here. Now I can see my mind with my mind. Now I can see my thoughts dancing irritably that used to make me dance earlier. Now I can make space for myself amidst the melting thoughts and wonder what that ‘self’ is. Now, thoughts get suspended some times and the cloud breaks. In that moment, everything floats in light, though I realize that after the moment passes. Yoga has brought me home.
i read beautiful statements on here…but really how long it took you to start feeling the difefrence, to feel the world in another way as many say?
Nicos - My first teacher was a good book. It taught me how to move with awareness. I practiced an hour a day, alone, doing only the simplest movements. The changes were immediate. Within one week my view of myself and the world was beginning to change, and the growth and progression has never stopped. Everything has been for the better, though not always easy at the time. It will be different for each person, depending on their path and the guidance available to them. If one is patient and open to possibility, good results will come in the time they are meant to.
you just cant imagine how curious i am to feel what you all yogies feel 
What my guru told me is not to compete with anybody or with your own self. There is no seniority here nor what’s possible is proportionate to the efforts. Though as Suryadaya said it is not a bed of roses either.
Then my guru said something even more important. Like karma, your spiritual legacy also accumulates over lifetimes. So, my friend, one has to start, never knowing what you are coming endowed with. That does make each path unique.
[QUOTE=Suhas Tambe;36772]Before Yoga, I saw everything out there; Yoga taught me to see a whole new world in here. Now I can see my mind with my mind. Now I can see my thoughts dancing irritably that used to make me dance earlier. Now I can make space for myself amidst the melting thoughts and wonder what that ‘self’ is. Now, thoughts get suspended some times and the cloud breaks. In that moment, everything floats in light, though I realize that after the moment passes. Yoga has brought me home.[/QUOTE]
I also think so.
I like how refreshed and calm I feel afterward.
To be honest I am not sure I do love Yoga, although I do understand why one would love yoga and part of me wishes that I did. However I do like the little bit of Yoga I do for the focus that it gives
The feeling I get right afterward; I always feel so light, refreshed, and awakened! Like I can do or accomplish just about anything!