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Yoga Benefits
Good news for yogis -- when you exercise, you not only get to feel great and wear cool clothes, you're also getting some great health benefits. Regular yoga practice can improve muscle strength, flexibility and balance. Moving through yoga positions regularly can also relieve stress.
According to one study, yoga participants had a 35 percent increase in flexibility after eight weeks of yoga. Asanas (yoga poses or positions) such as downward dog and plank can help build upper-body strength while the Tree pose helps with balance.
Yoga practitioners say that yoga positions that involve twists can be detoxifying. Savasana is a relaxation-focused meditative pose. Studies have shown that yoga can reduce anxiety and depression.
Yoga's focus on mindful breathing can lead to increased lung capacity. Another benefit is the prevention of heart disease by lowering blood pressure and slowing the heart rate. Yoga can even relieve chronic conditions such as back pain. Devotees report better posture.
Yoga -- with its many types and variety of yoga positions within those types -- has so many positive impacts on health that the only question is: Why aren't you doing it yet?
More Yoga Terms Defined from That's Fit:
Ashtana Yoga
Kundalini Yoga
Hatha Yoga
Power Yoga
Prenatal Yoga
Vinyasa Yoga
Jennifer Aniston's Favourite Yoga Pose
Jennifer Aniston is incredibly fit -- but did she get that way through yoga? I have my doubts. When asked recently what her favourite yoga pose is, the 39-year-old told reporters at People Magazine, "I'm so terrible with names ... Child pose. And it's a mix between that and Tree pose. [Tree] has good balance and I like how it feels."Child's pose? For all your non-yogis, that's the resting pose, the one you do in between other more difficult poses. So saying it's your favourite pose is kind of like saying recess was your favourite subject in school. In other words? A total cop out.
Don't get me wrong, I love child's pose and I'm not trying to rag on Jen, but I don't think hours of child's pose is what got her into such great shape. Want to know what does help her get in shape? Jacki shared the scoop on Jen's fitness routine a while back.
