What is yoga? Why do you practice?
The origins of yoga are lost in time: it is a very old discipline practiced originally in northern India as asceticism and meditation.
Afterwards, yoga, became a practice of the followers of the Buddhist religion and followers of the Indian religious philosophies in General. The purpose of yoga is to reconcile the balance between body and mind, between man and the universe, as the origin of the word itself. “Yuj”, in Sanskrit, means “Union” opposing entity. Body and mind: first to practice yoga you need a strong body and self-control by practicing the asanas, at the same time, develops their muscle tone and physique.
Yoga means to develop harmoniously, not only the body but also the spirit and mind: a philosophy and embracing a millennial discipline that, over time, lead to a balance not only themselves, but also with what surrounds us.
Know the origins of yoga and understand the deep meaning of each position contributes to consciously develop their actions, getting deeper and deeper, but why so many people decide to do yoga?
In recent years, in the West, this discipline is becoming more thanks to the physical benefits it brings: each asana, posture, develops details muscle groups, improving the elasticity of the muscles, strengthening them and improving posture (which is not cheap!) and involves all the joints, keeping the workout and preventing discomfort and skeletal joints!
Yoga, then, stimulates circulation and trains the heart: many positions encourage blood circulation even in the most remote parts such as hands, feet, and fingers.
The breath and its control have much importance in all your sports and yoga, are a fundamental point: the conscious breathing, besides helping in everyday life, exercise supports facilitating muscle lengthening, thereby increasing tissue oxygenation.
Practicing yoga is also carve out a little space to ourselves, where we can relax, let go of tension, forget the stress which now invades anyone’s life.
Many are the types of yoga! The most widespread is the yoga, but there are also the kundalini yoga, Iyengar yoga, yoga nidra, yoga mudras … without forgetting the most modern yoga fit or laughter yoga!
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