| Forty or Fifty years before, a many of people still | | | | People with injuries have used Yoga to restore their |
| didn't know the difference between Yoga and | | | | bodies and keep up their fitness. It's quite amazing |
| Yogurt. These days, Yoga is so widespread that it's | | | | that more and more doctors around the country are |
| basically a household word. Although it's very well | | | | prescribing Yoga as a way to reduce stress and as a |
| famous these days, it doesn't mean that public in | | | | type of physical therapy for different parts of the |
| fact understands what Yoga is. There are many | | | | body, such as the back and knees. Yoga doesn't |
| myths about Yoga that are told by people that do | | | | merely help you restore your body, but it also helps |
| not have a nice belief about it. Yoga is so complex | | | | you keep your mind healthy. |
| that it offers something for all that chooses to | | | | |
| embrace it. It doesn't matter if you are young, old, | | | | The word Yoga is derived from an ancient Sanskrit |
| chunky, slim, flexible or inflexible, every person can | | | | language in India and it means "union" or "integration" |
| gain from some form of Yoga. Yoga was originally | | | | and "discipline". Thousands of years before when |
| shaped in India, but people worldwide enjoy the | | | | Yoga was practiced by Indian religious elite, they |
| payback each day. | | | | used forms of Yoga to unite the body and the mind. |
| | | | | They said that being aware of your body and your |
| Many people try to classify Yoga as one specific | | | | mind will help you survive with the daily stresses of |
| thing, but that just simply isn't real. Its many | | | | life. Often people will not be aware of their bodies at |
| distinctive things, depending on what you are doing. | | | | all and hover around day to day without being in tune |
| Yoga is not just gymnastics, or fitness training or | | | | with their body. This leads to an overall unhealthy |
| even a way to control your weight. It's also not just | | | | lifestyle. |
| a way to reduce your stress, meditate or be more | | | | |
| spiritual. Yoga is all of these things and a good | | | | Yoga is often used to rationalize people's minds and |
| amount more that you are not aware of. | | | | their emotions. Many people keep their emotions |
| | | | | bottled up inside and do no express their real feelings. |
| Yoga is a chain of exercises that look like gymnastics. | | | | Suppressing feelings and emotions and lead to serious |
| It's true, Yoga can help you stay fit and slim, keep | | | | health penalty. Yoga seeks to unite people's minds |
| your weight under control and reduce the amount of | | | | and their feelings, so that they can stop the |
| stress that you have. There are types of Yoga that | | | | emotions from consuming them and help them live a |
| too offer a cycle of meditation exercises, which | | | | healthier life. |
| include breathing techniques that will help exercise | | | | |
| your lungs and calm your full body. Many believe that | | | | Yoga is so wonderful for so many different reasons. |
| when you meditate and breathe deeply that it will | | | | Look at different types of Yoga and unearth one |
| charge your body with energy, helping you get more | | | | that sounds like it will work for you. You will feel |
| done without being as tired. | | | | more relaxed and in tune with your body, like never |
| | | | | before. |
| Yoga has also been used as a type of health care. | | | | |