http://www.fitsugar.com/ Healthy, happy you. en http://www.fitsugar.com/1752220 <p><span class="inline left"><img src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/27/276592/27_2008/Musicians_Jemal_15886640_600.preview.jpg" alt="" title="" class="right image preview" width="250"></span><a href="http://popsugar.com/tag/adam+levine" >Adam Levine</a> of Maroon 5 has always made it clear that he's not only a rocker, but he's also a yogi. I've always found it a little hard to believe until I read a recent interview that <a href="http://www.womenshealthmag.com" target="_blank">Women's Health</a> did with him on how this front man turned to yoga and never looked back. Here are <a href="http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/maroon-5-adam-levine-yoga" target="_blank">highlights</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><b>How'd you wind up at yoga?</b><br /> A year and a half ago, my trainer recommended I try working with L.A. yoga instructor Alanna Zabel to help with my flexibility issues. I'm naturally very tight in lower back and my hips and hamstrings too. My first class felt like someone was ripping my body apart. It wasn't what you'd call peaceful. But I was excited by the idea that the more dedicated I became the more effortless it would become to relax and give in to that tightness. Yes, the torture subsided a bit over time.</p> <p><B>How did your body change?</b><br /> Physically I have always been on the slender side. When I started practicing I instantly felt more sculpted. Yoga carves you into a different person—and that is satisfying physically.</p></blockquote> <p>There's more, including his advice for yoga newbies so </p> <p><a href="http://www.fitsugar.com/1752220">read more</a></p> http://www.fitsugar.com/1752220#comment Adam Levine Celebrity Yoga Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0700 FitSugar http://www.fitsugar.com/1752220