Benefits of Yoga :: There is a misconception in society and the fitness community in general, that yoga is for women, old people and hippies, but its not, Yoga is for everyone and benefits everyone!

Stretching helps prevent injuries, keeps the muscles loose, and should be a part of your health maintenance routine. By not stretching you actually limit the potential growth and size of the muscle, it's output and functionality.

Stretching elongates the fascia, a protective sheath of connective tissue covering all muscles and muscle cells. When the fascia is stretched using the techniques of yoga the muscle underneath is ultimately given greater room to manoeuvre. Stretching also gives the muscle better definition. Yoga also helps to prevent muscle soreness and promotes faster recovery between whatever training sessions you undertake. Yogic stretching is like a constant battery charger. It loosens tight muscles, which tend to trap lactic acid, the by product that accumulates in the muscle cells during resistance, strength and endurance training sessions. Lactic acid build up contributes to muscular fatigue, but yogic stretching helps release lactic acid from the muscle cells into the bloodstream so that it does not hinder muscular contraction.

Increasing flexibility is very important, yoga has positions that act upon the whole body including those joints that are never really on the 'radar screen' let alone exercised.

A body which may have been quite rigid at the beginning of learning yoga will start to experience a remarkable flexibility in all parts, even those parts which have not been consciously worked upon. Correct Yogic stretching develops the entire body. When the entire body is trained together, it develops a sense of harmony and balance. When opposing muscle groups are trained together, flexibility will come faster as the opposing muscle groups work together not against or without each other.

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It is never too late to start yoga and reap the benefits of increasing your flexibility.

No matter how inflexible you are? Our Younique Fitness Yoga Team can help with one to one sessions or groups.

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