Why do you think so many in the law enforcement/1st responder community are apprehensive to get into yoga?

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Suzanna Hasnay · Answer

Hi, Susanna here. The question posed to me today was, why do you think so many in the law enforcement first responder community are apprehensive to get into yoga? Well, I think there's a few reasons, but the two that stand out for me are this. One is flexibility. There's a thought out there that one must be flexible in order to even begin to practice yoga. And I believe that comes from YouTube videos and articles where it shows a lot of bendy people. But it's not true. I'm here to tell you it's not true. Yoga does indeed increase flexibility, increase mobility, which is only a benefit to us, and especially as we age. And then when you look at the law enforcement profession where you may be sitting for long periods of time, either in a car, behind a desk, behind a computer, and at the same time, we still have to have the ability to physically, quickly react to the situations in front of us with a healthy mental response. Yoga is really primed to help enhance all those aspects of a law enforcement professional's role. And number two is how do we incorporate 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes of yoga into the daily rhythms of a law enforcement officer's life, especially if it incorporates shift work. It's not easy, but we can educate our officers to find those small nuggets, times for those small nuggets, those small bouts of yoga, five, 10, 15 minutes. We can do this. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.

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"Why do you think so many in the law enforcement/1st responder community are apprehensive to get into yoga?"