In yoga practice, the word “stretch” should be familiar to everyone
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Indeed, in the eyes of many people who don’t practice yoga, yoga is just a stretching exercise
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Yoga stretching has many benefits to the body: stretching can help people with tight fascia relax slowly
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Stretching can help the body to discharge lactic acid after running
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Stretching can help the muscles to extend and help yoga to deepen
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However, everyone has their own unique opinions on Yoga stretching and will practice according to their own understanding
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What I want you to know is that Yoga includes stretching, but stretching is only a part of it
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Yoga stretching is the extension + combination of strength
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Only when you really contact and practice yoga can you understand it
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Stretching is to stretch the body when the muscles are tight
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Many people think that stretching is to stretch the muscles blindly
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In fact, stretching is to stretch slowly when the muscles are tight
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Many people blindly stretch with brute force, resulting in only one result: strain! 2
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Stretching is not only called stretching when the joints are straight
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For example, in standing and forward bending, many people believe that stretching can only reach the back of the thigh when the legs are completely straight
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In fact, many postures involve stretching
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For example, in warrior two, the chest is opened horizontally, and the chest muscles stretch to both sides when they are tight, It’s also a form of stretching
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So Yoga stretching is another extension of strength
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Stretching should be carried out in coordination with breathing
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In the process of Yoga stretching, for example, sitting angle posture, many people blindly use brute force to stretch the inner thigh, which is often easy to strain the inner thigh
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In the process of stretching, you try to slow down your breathing, consciously tighten the inner thigh muscles, and then stretch, the muscles and ligaments are easy to relax
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Stretching includes the extension of the heart
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Yoga should not only stay at the level of muscles and ligaments, but also include the opening of the heart and the extension of the mind
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Yoga is an art that controls the fluctuation of the inner consciousness
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If you only use yoga as a tool for stretching, you still don’t really understand yoga
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Yoga is never as easy as stretching, yoga is not as simple as stretching, yoga contains many aspects, you need to spend more time to understand the process of Yoga stretching, just like life experience, through the external stretching and then to feel the internal stretching, let you feel the most real self
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