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What is yoga?
Continued from Yoga and Talk page
Practicing asanas (physical postures) tones your muscles, increases flexibility and strength, and builds self-esteem with consistent practice. Pranayama (breathing exercises) helps to clear the mind, increases relaxation, and improves the flow of energy in the body. Chanting opens the heart and focuses the mind. Meditation teaches us to look inside ourselves for peace and well being in spite of living in an over-stimulating, constantly changing world.
Practicing yoga with others offers a chance to have fun and support one another. Yoga is not competitive, although it is often challenging. There are different types of yoga but they all have the same goals. Yoga and Talk programs offer Hatha and Kundalini styles of yoga.
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