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Yoga is the perfect system of self-culture which aims at integration and development of once body, mind and sole. Yoga is not complicated as one thinks. It is the simplest and practical system to make your body and mind fit.

Yoga is an ancient Indian practice which is believed to be as old as civilization. Practically evidences trace back its existence to 3000 bc .Which makes it a practice as old as 5000 years from now.Yoga is about discipline of mind, soul and physical body. The practice of Yoga will help you to control the emotions and passions and will give you power to resist temptations.

By practicing yoga regularly you can have increased energy, vigor, vitality, longevity and a very high standard of health. It increases blood circulation, stimulates internal organs there by improving your bodies health. Yoga provides its health benefits for the body and mind primarily through the combination of physical postures (asana), breathing (Pranayama) and meditation.

Yoga asanas(physical postures) creat flexion, adduction, rotation, abduction, extension, hyperextension, and circumduction in the body. The stretching and compression created by these movements, massages internal organs and balances their function increasing metabolism, improved digestion, appetite suppression, and the release of toxins from the body.

Each and every posture is designed to provide specific benefits, so the benefits of yoga go far beyond those achieved through other fitness or exercise regimes. Yoga exercises require you to use various muscles to lift your body weight helping you to build muscle strength and stamina. This improves your muscle tone.

The reason why so many people become attached to yoga once they start this practice, are the changes it makes to ones state of mind.When practiced regularly, yoga also improves your emotional balance, increase your ability to cope with and mange stress and even helps you to sleep deeper and longer.

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