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  Strength training is often perceived as sweating it out in the gym and getting buff. The rough truth about these drastic transformations you observe in a gym is that, it’s tough to maintain. Research has shown that 80% of individuals are unsuccessful at maintaining the results they achieved in the gym in the long run i.e. at least for one year. Yoga, on the other hand, offers a more holistic approach to strength training without adding stress to the joints. These Vedic sciences are free from the gimmicks that swamp the fitness world. Using gravity and your own boy as natural weights, there is no scope to make excuses like being unable to go to the gym or finding the right trainer. A few poses that one must include in their yoga strength workout are: the Boat Pose, Chair Pose, Cobra Pose, Warrior Pose and the Half Moon Pose. These poses not only strength the muscles and increase flexibility of the joints but also help increase bone density. Read more at :-  http://flowli...

  It is a well-known fact that Yoga can improve our health and add years to our natural lives. For ages, Yogis have worked towards finding new ways and new combinations in Yoga asanas to help us get the best results. This work to extract the most possible out of Yoga has led to the discovery and creation of many forms of Yoga. When it comes to sports and enhancing physical performance, Yoga has helped many top athletes achieve peak seasonal performance over the years. Be it boxing, swimming, football, horse riding or chess, athletes all over the world have admitted to administering Yoga into their workout routines to increase performance metrics. But how exactly does it work and where does it help us advance? Yoga can benefit athletes in a number of ways. Let’s take a look at some of them. 1.      Refined Proprioception – Practising Yoga on a daily increases one’s awareness of self. Knowing where your limbs stand and how they move may sound silly but in...

There are a lot of working theories around what is the best way to detox our bodies. Some decide to go on a cleansing diet while some look to cardio and weight loss as a means to flush out toxins. Fact of the matter is there is no one size fits all measure. Each person has his own reasons for detoxing and accordingly must find his own way. But there are a few proven ways in Yoga that one can adopt to further along their detox process. Pranayama is the Yoga of breathing. This particular form of Yoga has been widely accepted as a means for cleansing the nasal track and the respiratory organs. There are many factors that can cause discomfort and ultimately congestion in our breathing patters and Pranayama is the ultimate defense against all of them. When practising Yoga it is pivotal to get your breathing right first so I suggest learning Pranayama prior to moving into more intricate and detailed asanas later on. Start with Kapalbhati, wherein first you hold your posture in a seated...

  Nine out of ten people that ardently go to their yoga, spin or plates classes religiously believe that that’s all they need to stay fit. Our bodies will eventually hit a plateau and we will stop seeing results from our workouts if they’re not meant to grow with us. Constantly pushing yourself to get better and stronger should be the goal of every workout, even if it’s by mere inches. Incorporating weights into your workouts has a vast plethora of benefits that most folks are unaware of. Let’s look at a few benefits of adding weights to your yoga routine. 1.            Increased Bone Strength – As we age our bones begin to get weaker and the muscle mass supporting it has to put in extra effort to sustain a state that used to come naturally. Regularly practising yoga with weights can work wonders for anyone over 40 as it works to strengthen the limbs by increasing bone strength giving the bones the required resistance to acti...

  We’ve all come across a bloke or two that swear on the Bible about pumping iron and it being the epitome of fitness. Benching 240+ pounds may or may not get you all the ladies but it is sure to make every novice, in and out of the gym, come running to you with a questionnaire on your diet and training methods. But ask yourself, are you really fit or are you just muscular? Owing to mainstream media and television, our idea of fitness has become really skewed aimed at admiring masculine figures that punch holes through walls. These same figures may walk around with a damaged ligament or are unable to touch their toes, but who cares about all that anymore. We’re not saying only practice Yoga and weight training ought to be banned. Our sedentary lifestyles haven’t left much room for us to conduct taxing physical activities so a light weight training session 4 days a week can do you good. Having said that, pumping iron in itself isn’t nearly enough if fitness to you means more th...

Exercises aren’t a one size fits all practice and choosing the wrong type can do more harm than good. In Yoga, there are many sects to pick from. Following are a few of the major practices to help you get an idea. Let’s have a look. 1. Vinyasa Yoga – “Vinyasa” essentially means to move in a distinctive way. Compared to other primitive forms of Yoga, Vinyasa is rather new and involves movement coordinated with your breath. The asanas are sequenced in a way that feels natural to you and anybody at any fitness level can pick up a routine and get to it. Also known as Power Yoga, Vinyasa is considered to be one of the smoothest forms of Yoga. 2. Iyengar Yoga – Contrary to Vinyasa, Iyengar practices more detail oriented poses. The asanas are held for longer periods while learning how to breathe and relax in them. Attention must be paid to alignment and correct positiong of the limbs in order to avoid injuries and extract the full benefit of the practice. It is usually taught with pro...