Benefits

“Yoga is a healing system of theory and practice. The purpose of yoga is to create strength, awareness and harmony in both the mind and body.”

While there are more than one hundred different types of yoga, each of them benefits is in various ways. For examples, the relaxation techniques incorporated in yoga can lessen chronic pain, such as lower back pain, arthritis, headaches and carpal tunnel syndrome. 

Physical benefits that can be achieved by doing yoga include increased flexibility, muscle strength and tone; improved respiration, energy and vitality; maintenance of a balanced metabolism; weight reduction; cardio and circulatory health; improved athletic performance; protection from injury.

Aside from the physical benefits, one of the best benefits of yoga is how it helps a person to manage stress (as mentioned in yoga and lifestyle), which has been known to have devastating effects on the body and mind.

Because there are so many different kinds of yoga practices, it is possible for anyone to start. The idea is to explore your limits, not strive for some pretzel-like perfection