Below is an essay I wrote about yoga. I hope you like it and it inspires you to start your own practice! Yoga is Awesome Yoga is a beautiful, relaxing, fun and awesome way to exercise. I started doing yoga a few weeks ago, and I love it. Since I have scoliosis, yoga helps strengthen my body to keep my back nice and straight. Yoga also prepares and excites me for the glorious day ahead. Every morning I wake up at the crack of dawn (ok, not really, about 6:34), to do yoga. I brush my teeth then lay out my purple mat. I go onto Ekhartyoga.com and chose a 20 minute practice for that day. I then turn into a cobra, tree, eagle, child, and swan while feeling the sensation of my body waking up. It is important to have instruction when doing yoga. If you don’t have instruction and are just looking at a sheet of paper, you can get hurt. As I listen to the teacher explain the moves, I know that I am learning the right way. I am able to replicate the pose in front of me, then view it in