| Yoga is an ancient spiritual tradition dating back 5000 | | | | Yoga especially helps your legs, back, shoulders, and |
| years. But today, many people separate the spiritual | | | | hips become more flexible. Yoga is a serious of poses |
| yoga and the physical yoga, and focus primarily on | | | | that stretch your muscles. As you do more yoga, |
| the physical aspect: stretching and breathing as an | | | | you will feel yourself becoming more flexible. Not only |
| exercise program. Yoga has many health benefits. It | | | | will your muscles become more flexible, but your |
| will improve your balance and posture. It will also | | | | joints will be more flexible as well. Each time you |
| improve your mood, memory, and your overall | | | | practice the poses you will be able to reach a little |
| well-being. Specifically, yoga can improve your | | | | farther. Yoga will loosen your tight muscles by |
| flexibility, build lean muscle, and reduce stress. | | | | releasing the lactic acid that builds up while weight |
| FlexibilityâStretching of your body will help | | | | training. Yoga is a total body stretch. It stretches not |
| your joints and muscles to become more flexible. | | | | only the muscle, but the ligaments and tendons. |