Yoga Stability Balls

The ancient art of Yoga was developed centuries ago with the ultimate goal of bringing body, mind and spirit into union. Practiced by yogis in India, the practice of yoga in the early days required nothing more than the student, their teacher and a place to practice asanas. Today, the West with its chaotic lifestyle that is focused on external things such as the attainment of money, status and acclaim, has embraced the physical aspects of yoga for its healthful and stress reducing qualities. Along with the embrace of this ancient philosophy and discipline has come some additional props and supports to help perform the asanas without strain.

The yoga stability ball is a recent adaptation that people have begun to use to add dimension to their yoga practice. The yoga ball is a 30" diameter vinyl ball that is filled with air using a hand pump. Yoga balls come in many colors and a few sizes to meet your personality and your exercise needs. Yoga balls give support when doing poses such as back bends.

The basic premise of the exercise ball is the instability factor. When you are on the ball it causes instability, which forces you to use your muscles to stabilize you. Yoga ball stretches and exercises can help you strengthen your back, abdomen, chest and arms.

There are exercise videos that show stability ball exercises and how to safely use the stability ball. Your local gym may have classes that show proper techniques with using the ball.

Stability ball workouts are fun and easy, and stability balls are inexpensive enough that people can buy them and keep them for their home workouts. A
stability ball workout will help you to gain strength and flexibility and if done at a quick enough pace they can help you to lose weight.

Some yoga ball exercises include back bends, hip rolls, seated stretches, oblique sit-ups, squats, and many more. Yoga ball poses include plank pose, triangle pose, cobra pose, among many others. Stability ball exercises do not have to be overly strenuous to be effective. You can look online and find lots of stability ball exercises for free that you can try at home. There are sites that have free yoga ball exercise routines that you can follow along at home.

Yoga ball exercise is a great way to enhance your yoga practice and have lots of fun while you do so.