A strong core is more than being able to do a lot of crunches or having a six pack. Real core strength means that you can use your core to help with everyday movements like flexion, extension, and rotation of the spine. However, it also means that you can remain stable and steady through your […]
Best Yoga Poses for Flexibility & Mobility
It’s easy to focus on hitting the weights hard and nothing more when your workout goal is to build strength. You’re making a beeline for stronger, more toned muscles, and setting aside time for accessory work can feel like more hassle than it’s worth. However, there is an element of training that can contribute to […]
Yoga builds strength, but not necessarily in the same way lifting weights does.
Following in line with the functional benefit, yoga generally strengthens across your entire body, Candace Harding, DPT, a physical therapist specializing in orthopedics and a registered yoga teacher in Arlington, tells SELF. That’s because a lot of classes engage large muscles in your legs, upper body, and core through moves like lunge variations, push-ups, and […]
Does Yoga ‘Count’ as Strength Training? Cardio? Both?
Practicing yoga can leave you feeling all types of ways: fatigued in your muscles, a little bit breathless, and somehow simultaneously relaxed. By the time you roll up your mat, it’s only natural to wonder: Wait, what kind of workout was that? Which boxes yoga checks depend largely on what style you do. Yoga itself […]
Yoga for Lungs:Easy Yet Proven Asanas to Try!
Yoga for Lungs and How to Do It Breathing comes naturally to every one of us. However, not all of our lungs have smooth functioning. Understandably, some people may have breathing issues and not know what to do about them. If you do happen to have breathing problems, yoga can provide relief. There are specific […]
Yoga exercises for a healthy immune system
The immune system protects us from harmful things that could enter our body from the outside environment. Immunity also fights against disease-causing germs of bacteria that could occur inside the body as well. The main task of the immune system is to eliminate pathogens, viruses, parasites, or fungi that could cause harm to us and […]
Incredible Health Benefits of Yoga
From head to toe, you’d be hard-pressed to find something yoga doesn’t improve — flexibility, strength, digestion, mental health, the list goes on. Despite what you see on social media, practice makes perfect is not the motto here — and you don’t even have to be flexible to get started. Focus instead on practice makes […]
Best Yoga Poses For Healthy And Glowing Skin
Frustration ensues when you are unable to regain your face glow even after trying countless things. Dull and tired skin seems to take a hit on your self-image and confidence. Well, you can reap the benefits of yoga to rejuvenate your lackluster skin and restore your confidence. Holistic approaches like yoga not only enhance your […]
Explaining Yoga as a Sport
DEFINITION: Sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Participation in sports requires fitness to gain better physical performance. Depending on the sport an athlete competing in sport would need strength, stamina, reflexes, accuracy, dexterity, flexibility, endurance of various muscle groups […]
4 Ways Meditation Increases your Productivity and Wellness
What affects your health? Is it stress, or unhealthy food habits? Well! There are a lot of reasons that manifest an individual to deteriorated health. Unhealthy food habits, physical inactivity, wrong body posture, disturbed biological clock, signs of stress, and anxiety all play an important role in affecting our health. Engaging in meditation session can […]