You're never too young or too old to reap the health benefits of yoga. Find out how all types of yoga can improve your health.

Yoga, the Sanskrit word for "union", is a practice that uses posture and breathing techniques to induce relaxation and improve strength, and its health benefits may surpass those of any other activity.

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Whether you practice yoga to relax, stretch, breathe, meditate, or simply because it's in fashion, you may not realize the numerous health benefits of yoga. And while there are many different kinds of yoga, ranging from the more gentle hatha yoga to the more strenuous, like Bikram yoga (which is performed in a 105F room) or power yoga, every form of yoga improves your health from head to toe. Here are some of yoga's many health benefits.

Yoga has tremendous health benefits for your heart. Most notably:

Regular yoga practice will create multiple and noticeable benefits to your health. Try some yoga postures today! And as your instructor will no doubt tell you at the end of your practice: Namaste.

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Benefits of Yoga Poses and Postures