Yoga is one of the most misused, misunderstood and abused words in today’s vocabulary. Many people think of yoga as a mere physical exercise. There are many such misconceptions and myths about Yoga.

“Yoga is the art work of awareness on the canvas of body, mind and soul.” – Amit Ray

Some of the common myths about Yoga are as follows:

• Yoga is for lean people.
• Yoga is only for flexible people.
• Yoga is a religious practice.
• Yoga is mainly for women.
• Yoga is only for the physical fitness.
• Yoga is all about stretching.
• Yoga is a form of exercise.
• Yoga can be learnt only in person for it to be effective
• Now let us bust these myths for you!

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Yoga can be done by obese and overweight people as well. The body needs to have flexibility which will be attained gradually. Therefore, your body weight is not a constraint for yoga practice.

Yoga has nothing to do with your existing weight or flexibility. Yoga in fact is meant to increase the flexibility of your body. By consistent practice, your body will become flexible over a period of time.

Yoga has its roots deeply entwined in Hinduism. Yoga is one of the paths towards Self Realisation and it is an Atma Vidya -means to knowledge of the Self. Having said that, you can practice yoga irrespective of your religious identity or practices.

Yoga is for the well-being of mankind as such and it is not restricted to any gender like women alone should do yoga. It is for the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of humans, on the whole.

Yoga is not about just stretching. Stretches are just a part of it. It has more than 171 asanas(postures) designed for the proper functioning of various organs, glands, hormones in the physical body and also works on our energetic body.

“Yoga is not about touching your toes. It is what you learn on the way down.”

Earlier, we need to go to a proper yoga class or a yoga studio for learning Yoga. Nowadays, online classes are conducted through Zoom and Google Meet. We can learn from the comfort of our homes. No need to travel amidst traffic jam and pollution.

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Also Read: Purpose of Yoga

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Yoga Darshini is one such online yoga studio, which caters to your needs of yoga for the overall wellbeing. The classes are well structured and are user friendly. People from across the globe have learnt yoga from Yoga Darshini and practising through their lives for the overall well-being. Not just physical health, but mental, emotional and spiritual health gets improved by joining classes with Yoga Darshini.

Yoga works on improving the breathing pattern, blood circulation, respiration, body metabolism, sleeping pattern, calm and cool mind and body. This way, yoga for immunity also comes into picture. Yoga, Pranayama and meditation significantly reduce the risk of life style diseases like Diabetes, Cholesterol and stress which is the root cause of high blood pressure, cardiac diseases etc. Yoga’s health benefits are indeed innumerable.

When you start practising with a trained and Certified yoga instructors such as those from Yoga-Darshini, your body will get better, mind shall become calmer and life itself shall change for good. But it does not happen overnight. It happens gradually and over a period.

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