"Yoga doesn't transform the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees it".

Precisely said, Yoga is a lot beneficial for our health and fitness. Yoga creates a unique balance between the mind and the body. From aiding in digestion to curing various other medical conditions, yoga has a holistic approach towards the betterment of our health and fitness of our bodies. A long and consistent yoga practice makes a person healthy overall from mind as well as from the body.

We all have someone in our lives, who always motivates us to do yoga. But have you ever wondered why? Why does everyone, including our honourable Prime Minister, push us to practice yoga? This is because Yoga besides being an amazing weight management remedy is known to have many benefits. Let's check out what are these benefits-

Increasing Flexibility- Yoga is an amazing way to increase the flexibility of the muscles and the joints of the body. This flexibility, in turn, makes you fitter and younger looking. With age, collagen is lost from our body, which makes our body stiff. To overcome this, yoga is a great remedy.

Strength - Various Yoga Asanas are simply beneficial​ in increasing the strength of the muscles of the body. Also, besides increasing the strength of the muscles, yoga is advantageous​ over increasing the strength of the heart, lungs and other organs.

Getting leaner muscles- Yoga is an amazing way to get lean muscles devoid of any fat, thereby helping in achieving a better shape and body.

Improving control and coordination- Yoga is amazing for enhancing the control and balance of the body. There are various postures like Vrikshasan, Tadasan, Natarajasana which require a great amount of concentration and balance of the mind as well the body.

Weight management- Yoga is known for its amazing weight controlling attributes. The sun salutations as well as the moon salutations are best known for weight loss besides stretching the whole body muscles.

Mitigating stress- Yoga is a great way to declutter all the negative vibes out of the body and focus on the positive energy inflow. Many people have claimed that after practicing yoga, they have alleviated headaches​ and stress related problems.

Aids in boosting immunity- Yoga is also known to aid in boosting up immunity, which is very much required in the present scenario. It is a natural way by which a person can boost up immunity as yoga is a great balance between the mind and the body.

Curing various medical problems- Yoga is an age known remedy to assist in curing various chronic medical conditions like sciatica,  low back ache, Arthritis, muscle stiffness, PIVD and many more others​.

Boosting up your self confidence- If a person is fit, then the confidence level of the person is automatically boosted up. This increased confidence allows​ a person to work more efficiently.

Respiratory functions- Pranayam, one out of the eight limbs of Ashtanga Yoga, is very useful in increasing the vital capacity​ of the lungs and also eliminating the toxic accumulated in the respiratory tract.