Is yoga a sport? What you should know
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Yoga has become a very popular discipline in a very short time. Practicing yoga tones the body, exercises the muscles and makes you sweat, but yoga goes beyond burning calories. Its main objective is not focused on sports exercise, but it is aimed at mental, emotional and well-being exercise. Within yoga, there are different modalities, and each of them contains different postures and difficulties. As we mentioned in our last blog post, yoga is not the most aerobic. Hatha Yoga is the most practiced modality.but it is not the most aerobic. Characteristics to consider yoga as a sport It is true that yoga offers obvious benefits. During the practice of yoga, you exercise your body through the different postures and movements. What improvements can you notice in you by practicing yoga? Improved cardiovascular capacity - During the practice, body postures
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