I haven't been as good about finding time for my practice lately. I'm going to sign up for a class again this spring. I love yoga. It's one of my favorite things to do; unfortunately, I don't have a dedicated space to do yoga in, and given that I live with three guys, I don't really like to do yoga in front of them. The only realistic place to practice at home is in my living room. Before I went back to school a couple weeks ago, I managed to squeeze in some yoga time when they were gone, but unfortunately I'm now gone when they're gone. Bah.
I got into yoga a couple years ago now when I was in the process of shedding a lot of weight. I found it to be good resistance exercise for me. I'm really, really, really inflexible, so the yoga helps a lot. I'm much more flexible when I'm engaging in a regular practice. It just makes me feel good!
And yes, I agree about the increased awareness of body. I feel much more in tune with myself since I started. It also helped with my posture a lot--it made me very aware of how I held my body in various situations, even while trying to go to sleep.
If you haven't discovered it already,
Yoga Journal: Yoga Poses, Classes, Meditation, and Life - On and Off the Mat - Namaste is a great resource. I check the magazine out from the library every month and use the website a lot when I'm looking for specific asanas for specific purposes (for instance, I skiied for the first time a month ago, and when I got back from skiing, I used their website to help me come up with some new additions to my routine that focus on balance).
Now I really want to do a Sun Salutation.