To make yoga and meditation benefits last through the holidays, consider making an exercise routine

It is easy to let fitness regimens go to pot, especially during Christmas, Chanukah and New Year's. These holidays often revolve around large meals that typically involve alcohol, desserts and sweetened beverages.

It is easy to let fitness regimens go to pot, especially during Christmas, Chanukah and New Year's. These holidays often revolve around large meals that typically involve alcohol, desserts and sweetened beverages.

Yoga enthusiasts have been doing the regimen for thousands of years, and for good reason – the holistic mind-body regimen is both relaxing and invigorating, good for the muscles as well as the mind. Now, Reuters has published a story explaining how to keep your yoga and meditation benefits rolling through the long holiday season.

It is easy to let fitness regimens go to pot, especially during Christmas, Chanukah and New Year's. These holidays often revolve around large meals that typically involve alcohol, desserts and sweetened beverages.

Even a few such meals can bust your belt buckle and your diet at the same time. However, it's not always feasible to expect to eat nothing but healthy heart foods over the holidays.

Instead, it may be best to plan a daily fitness regimen, one that you can stick to even during the laziest of holiday afternoons.

Exercise instructor Stacey Lei Krauss told Reuters that fitness routines like running or yoga are all about controlling your appetittes, particularly when the holidays have them running wild.

"It's expected. It's family time; but giving back to yourself is just as important," she told the news source. "Willpower leads to self-confidence. Willpower is self-control: the ability to manage yourself, regardless of what's happening around you. "

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