Benefits
General Benefits of Yoga
Yoga leads to a spontaneous lightness of body and mind, a sense of natural energy, wholeness, vitality, joy, peace – a wonderful sense of wellbeing on all levels. Yoga cultivates states of centredness, balance, clarity and focus.
Physical Benefits:
– Improves flexibility
– Improves strength & stamina
– Improves posture
– Excess weight is reduced
– Movement becomes easy & graceful
– Cleanses & regulates body systems (including the skeletal, muscular, circulatory, nervous & digestive)
– Good for the heart
The yogi regards the physical body as an instrument for his journey towards perfection. – Swami Vishnu-Devananda
Yoga and Sports Performance
Today, yoga is influencing all sorts of mainstream sports and exercise: professional soccer and rugby players, dancers and runners. Many have learned the lessons of the longtime dangers of over-training , violent weight-training and unbalanced exercising and are adapting more and more to the wisdom of yoga.
A Few Benefits
– Yoga postures stretch, strengthen and lengthen the muscles
– Yoga postures release tension and reduce build up of lactic acid
– Postures also increase range of movement in joints and muscles
– Postures strengthen core muscles and assist in balance and stability
– Muscle fatigue is counteracted through proper breathing and relaxation
– Holding postures builds stamina needed in many sports