Today\u2019s day-to-day activities make our bodies stiff because most of us confine ourselves in cubicles. Unlike olden days when people used to long walks, we prefer cars or any other vehicles, which doubles the problem of flexibility. With age flexibility of body generally decreases, eventually leads to injury. It is a misconception that tight muscles cause injury. It is rather irregular movements and unconscious work-around that can cause problems in joints and muscles. People with irregular walking, abnormal sitting position often suffer from tight hips and hamstrings problems. Imbalance in the body can lead to flexibility issue and eventually in the long run causes injury. If you take yoga as an athletic endeavour, you need to be discipline like any other athletic sport. Start practicing yoga every day, focus on your movements, breaths and feel balanced and rejuvenated.<\/p>\n
When your body is limber, you will feel that extra energy that we all crave for. As a whole, yogic postures are wonderful for flexibility, but there are certain specialized yoga poses<\/a> that are more effective for increasing flexibility. If you are new to yoga, start with basic yogic postures and gradually evolving to advance yoga.<\/p>\n<\/span>Standing Forward Fold<\/span><\/h2>