Discover Yoga For Skeletal
When we think of the benefits of yoga, we tend to think about increased flexibility and muscle tone. While those are indeed benefits of doing yoga, there is one more area you should know about. A daily routine that includes yoga for skeletal health is becoming a common prescription by yogis and physicians alike. When we do yoga using correct form and positioning, the poses actually do promote improved posture. People with back and neck issues often think exercise is off limits; on the contrary! Yoga poses are meant to stretch and strengthen the muscles that surround the spine, therefore over time actually straightening crooked or slumped posture. Yoga poses involving stretching of the back (which includes most of them) can literally add to the space between the vertebrae, not only straightening your posture, but adding to your height as well. It is not uncommon to hear a yoga student claim to have grown an inch (or more) taller since they have started practicing yoga on a regular basi...