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What is Yoga Ashtanga

Ashtanga Yoga, is one of the oldest and most popular styles of Hatha Yoga practiced internationally.

Ashtanga Yoga, is one of the oldest and most popular styles of Hatha Yoga practiced internationally. Ashtanga Yoga was inherited by Krishnamacha, who is honored as the father of modern Hatha Yoga, who inherited Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga at the beginning of the last century, and then introduced to the West 40 years later, and gave rise to yoga such as Flow Yoga, Power Yoga and other yoga, and has become one of the yoga systems that have taken the world by storm.

Yoga benefits to the body

1, yoga emphasizes breathing and balance, focusing on the consistency of orderly breathing and body balance in the process of practice, and is therefore conducive to focusing one's attention and improving the efficiency of work and study.

2. Yoga is a sport that is good for physical and mental health, reducing physical fatigue, relaxing and releasing stress in the process of exercise, which is conducive to mental health. With the help of yoga breathing method with a variety of postures, can stretch the stiff muscles, make the joints become flexible, improve the balance of the body function, is conducive to physical health.

3, practicing yoga can improve the body's metabolic rate, through persistent practice, you can make the body curve to get obvious beautification, is conducive to the shape of the body, to play the role of cultivating and nourishing, modifying the role of the body shape.

Yoga has other benefits for the body, it is recommended to exercise under the guidance of a professional coach to avoid adverse consequences.