There are quite a number of benefits to a yoga practice!  Yoga benefits include all of the following:

1. As a way to prepare the body for meditation – yoga's original purpose.

2. As a way of reducing stress

3. As one of the most gentle forms of exercise – it carries all the benefits of any exercise program, such as improving cardiovascular health, lowering blood pressure, etc.

4. As a way of exercising all the muscles of the body – this improves your metabolism, helps you maintain or lose weight, and increase bone density, just as any form of weight-bearing exercise does.

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