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My Yoga For Life - Yoga Exercise Benefit of Yoga Positions:

The Benefit of Yoga Yoga is a science; and indeed, in many places in the
world (such as India), it is referred to as a science. This is not mere playing
with words; it truly is approached as a science, which means that it is
understood in terms of the scientific method.

Yogic science seeks to verify cause and effect, and build principles based
upon objective observations. Indeed, in many places in the world, to be
a yogic master of any credibility, one must be highly educated in the sciences,
including physics and the biological sciences.

This discussion on yoga as science is important for us to have here, because
it allows us to sensible ask the question: what are the benefits of yoga? After
all, if yoga is a faith or a belief, then asking this question isn't fair; because it's
one that yoga cannot answer in terms that we can objectively understand.

Yoga is a science; as empirical and pragmatic as kinesiology, or exercise science,
which seeks to understand how the body acts and reacts to changes in the internal
physical environment. And even more simply than any of this: each of us has a
right to ask the basic question why should I bother doing this yoga thing? before
we should be asked to consider experiencing it for ourselves.

Indeed, while the experience of yoga cannot be reduced to words – just as reading
a book on preparing for a marathon isn't going to actually physically prepare you
to run a marathon – the goals and principles of yoga can easily be discussed.

Here's the Mayo Clinic's take on the benefits of meditation:

'Meditation is used by people who are perfectly healthy as a means of stress
reduction. But if you have a medical condition that's worsened by stress, you
might find the practice valuable in reducing the stress-related effects of allergies,
asthma, chronic pain and arthritis, among others."

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