The mantra of yoga - A healthy mind rests in a flexible body
Yoga has nowadays become a crucial part of a person’s life. It works on the physical as well as the mental level. No other form of exercise can offer this. Yoga also helps the body in improving the lung capacity, circulation, preventing muscle soreness, loosening the tight hamstrings and most importantly providing flexibility to the body.
Flexibility can we obtained by stretching and this stretching can we well done through various yogic poses and asanas. Unless one has a flexible body, one cannot perform the higher level yoga poses that are extremely beneficial to the mind and body. Increasing flexibility of the body is the primary aim of the basic level yoga poses.
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Flexibility is of different types:
Dynamic flexibility- ability to perform kinetic movements of muscles
Static active flexibility- ability to maintain extended positions using only tension without external support
Static passive flexibility - ability to maintain extended position using once weight.
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