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...its of Yoga and the Mental Health Benefits of Yoga. A short explanation is given along with each benefit to help you understand better the mechanisms that Yoga employs to bestow it.

Physical Health Benefits of Yoga:

1. Energy: Yoga exercises, breath control training (pranayama) and use of yoga body locks (bandhas) all work to activate and balance your energy pathways, giving you the vitality and power you need to maximize your potential.

2. Strength: By strength here we don't just mean physical muscular strength, although that will benefit greatly as well due to the steady holding of yoga poses and the exercises that yoga incorporates, but also the strength of your internal physiological systems. Strength of your immune system, nervous system, digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system, reproductive system, etc.

3. healing: The power of Yoga to heal ailments and cure diseases is becoming more and more an integral part of mainstream medical practice and treatment methods. This ability of Yoga to heal also promotes longevity.

4. Flexibility: Yoga postures (asanas) are perhaps the best type of exercises you can do to improve flexibility. Flexibility is essential for avoiding injuries as well as for the health of the joints, tendons and muscles.

Emotional Health Benefits of Yoga:

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Really Great Low Back Pain Exercises!

...nee and lift your right arm above your head with the palm facing your body. Hold this pose for fifteen seconds or as long as it is comfortable for you and feel the stretch. Switch sides and repeat for a few times.

Another good exercise for your back and your posture is the tree pose. You begin this exercise standing straight then bring your left foot up to rest against your right calf, knee, or thigh whichever is the most comfortable for you, of course increasing the height of your foot every couple of times you exercise. Once you have achieved this pose you b...more

Types Of Yoga

...e of the more popular types of yoga that also describes where their focus lay:

Body-focused types of yoga:

Ashtanga yoga is a body-focused style that concentrates on smooth, powerful movements that develop muscular strength. It is often referred to as "power yoga".

Bikram yoga is a body-focused style that is practiced in a hot room that encourages perspiration to aid in detoxification. The heat also helps to promote increased flexibility. Because of how it is practiced, it is often referred to as "hot yoga".

Iyengar yoga is a body-focused style that concentrates on balance. It requires you to actually balance physically but also stresses balancing your b...more

Kundalini Yoga

...hin up to the surface and allowing to flow. To begin Kundalini Yoga you will perform a warm up stretch that will improve the flexibility. Next you will focus on an area of the body and begin meditation. You will also chant mantra, prananyama, and mudras as well. Those who practice Kundalini Yoga have their own formal attire which consists of white robes and a head wrap.

If you are considering Kundalini Yoga you need to know that this type...more