yoga
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The following questions and answers are derived from the core packet:
Q: Will I learn to levitate?
A: Just kidding (couldn't help myself) Now without further ado, on to the real thing:
According to R. Ballentine, M.D. in Yoga Principles Section what are the principles for yoga?
The principles of yoga are to relax, put only slight pressure on your muscles, regulate your breathing, only tense the muscles needed for a posture, be gentle with yourself, and to pay close attention to the effects that a posture has on you.
There are many references throughout the packet to the beneficial effects on the body that yoga has, name at least six.
Yoga stimulates and massages all the vital organs in the body and the vertebrae of the spine. It is a good way of relieving stress, both mentally and physically. Breathing deeply increases oxygenation of the blood...