Yoga ExercisesThe practice of Yoga Exercises entails working out your body as well as your mind. It calls for determination and consistency to accomplish every Yogasana and to practice everyday. But the reward for your firmness and resolve is really worth all the hard work. The practice of Yoga Exercises or Asanas can improve your health, increase your resistance, and develop your mental awareness. Doing the Yoga Poses, calls for a thorough study of each pose, so you can perform it slowly. At the same time, you also must control your body and your mind. This is why you must learn the different Yoga Exercises, Poses, and breathing exercises in the book. While on the subject, it must be mentioned that Yoga exercises are not the same as poses. While the poses are static the exercises are dynamic and one should not be confused for the other. Unfortunately, today, certain schools of Yoga – so-called – perform a series of poses in dynamic sequence as in Surya Namaskar. This, though termed Yoga, is not traditional, classic Yoga, but an improvisation.
The basic Yoga exercise is the Surya Namaskar. But we’ll come to that soon enough. Before that come the warm-up exercises. They are as follows:
- Spot Jogging
- Neck exercises
- Sideward turns
- Sideward bends
- Neck rolls
- Shoulder rolls – front and backwards
- Hip / Waist twists and turns – clockwise and anti-clockwise
- Knee rolls – clockwise and anti-clockwise
- Surya Namaskar or Sun Salutation is regarded as the best exercise for the human body. It consists of important a sequence of 13 dynamic movements (all Yoga poses) performed in rapid movement in conjunction with measured breathing. The advantages of breathing exercises are thus deftly integrated into Surya Namaskar. Surya Namaskar is an esteemed exercise – amongst people of all ages from kids to old age people – because it is the best way to burn the calories and shed weight. It is also advised for overweight people.
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