Power Yoga Myths And Facts

YOU CAN ACHIEVE COMPLETE FITNESS THROUGH POWER YOGA.

Fact: 

Power yoga was first started in the USA by Beryl Bender Birch, Bryan Kest with simultaneous invention. This was the development from aerobics and gymnastic which further came to be known as power yoga. From its Indian counterpart this yoga is rigorous exercise on asana and less breathing exercise. Vinyasa-style FOCUSES ON THE BREATHING AND PURIFICATION OF BODY, where as power yoga focuses on keeping the body fit.

WITH YOGA YOU BECOME MASTER OF ALL ELEMENTS.

Myth

Though yoga helps you master body fitness using paanch mahabhutas it doesn’t allow you to control them. It just helps your body to heal itself exploiting the chakras of body made from these elements as a part of our souls.

YOGA IS NOT FOR PEOPLE WITH INJURIES OR CHRONIC PAIN.

MYTH

This is the most feared myth of all. Yoga is a process of self healing and prevention of diseases. This should be done more often in chronic pain rather than not doing it at all.

YOGA IS ALL ABOUT CHANTING OM AND BURNING INCENSE.

MYTH

Yoga is more than chanting ohm it’s about meditation, asanas, shrutis and over all development of mind body and soul. This is done through regular exercise, chanting ohm and mantras and meditation.

 ANCIENT YOGIS BELIEVED WE ONLY HAVE LIFE WORTH AMOUNT OF BREATHS WE TAKE IN.

FACT

Breathing is the only autonomous system of the body that but we can change how we breathe through conscious breathing practices such as pranayama. This can be determined by the breath size factor experiment. Tortoise are the longest lifespan animals due to their slow concise breathing their bodies age slower as also body doesn’t work with constant inhalation and exhalation. Though it along with this another factor which helps us live is the size of lungs larger animals live more than smaller animals due to increased lung sizes compared to smaller animals who need to rapidly refill their lungs. As always slow and steady wins the race way to go tortoise.

-ADITYA CHAVAN