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like any other exercises, Yoga follows a series of poses. You start by opening or warming-up. The first thing you do is to sit quietly for a few minutes. This will allow you to gather your energy, let go of all your concerns, and become centered. This will also help you in planning about the Yoga Poses you want to do. Then you shift from feeling the outside to the inside by centering your attention to your Breathing. Breathe freely, then breathe deeper after a few minutes. Then you may start with opening poses. Remember that Yoga Poses are done slowly and meditatively combined with abdominal breathing.And at the end of the Yoga Session, you will find yourself relaxed and full of energy - quite unlike other forms of physical exercise which cause fatigue through overexertion.

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Yoga is a time tested and proven methodology for attaining physical and mental fitness.

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A Basic Yoga Session need not take too long. A basic session usually follows this order:

Warm-up Exercises - conditions your body for safe transition into asana practice. For beginners, you may just use the warm-up poses as your entire practice. Warm-up exercises open the shoulder muscles, the spine, the hips, the lower back, and the groin.
Standing Poses - for alignment of the feet and the body. Opens the hips, stretches the legs, add strength to your back and increases your range of movement. Standing poses facilitates digestion, blood circulation and is good for those who want to lose weight.
Sitting Poses - sitting poses allows you to infuse with the breath and prana, and to revitalize from a pose by giving you a calm and quiet feeling. These poses greatly contribute in shaping your buttocks and legs, and in adding vitality and suppleness to the spine.
Twists - twist exercises releases the tension in your spines, relieves backaches and makes your shoulders more flexible. It also facilitates in the circulation of blood and nutrients in the body making it necessary for the health of the inter-vertebral discs.
Supine and Prone Poses - these poses releases tension in your abdomen and increase the mobility of your spine. It restores strength in your back, arms and legs, and releases your hips and groins.
Inverted and Balance Poses - inverted and balance poses defies gravity and develops coordination, increase stamina and strength, and improves grace, agility and poise. It also improves you concentration and focus since being quiet is necessary to be able to do these poses.
Backbends - backbends are the poses that benefit the adrenal glands and the kidney. It also releases tension in the front body and in your shoulders and pelvic girdle, and improves the flexibility of your spine.
Finishing Poses - these are the cooling-down exercises for Yoga.

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