Ashtanga Yoga PA - Why Yoga?

Ashtanga Yoga PA
Teaching the Practice of Ashtanga Yoga
by Son Hui Yi
Authorized Teacher by KPJAYI

510 Diamond Blvd., Johnstown, PA 15905
814-255-5266

DVDs available

Why Yoga? Some people question why we should prefer yogasanas to other exercises. What is wrong about doing these exercises and what is very special about yogasna? The following points will answer these questions.
Other exercises affect only the outer muscles therefore, the body appears quite strong and healthy, but these exercises do not have as much impact on the internal organs of the body as the yogasanas.
Other exercises have very little impact on the mind and sense organs, while asanas improve mental power and help in controlling the sense organs.
Yogasanas improve our resistance power against diseases and do not allow any external matter to accumulate in the body. In this way, they keep the body free from the diseases.
Yogasana increase the elasticity of our body and make the body more active and supple. The blood circulation take place more smoothly and properly and the body becomes capable of more work. We look young in spite of our age. Other exercises, on the other hand make the muscles stiff and hard. The body becomes stiff and the old age comes sooner.
As a drain is cleaned by sweeping and by putting water into it, the different asanas clean the blood. Circulation drains our body in the same way. Clean blood circulates freely in all parts of our body, and helps keep our body free from impurities. This possible only by yogasanas and not by other execises which increase our heartbeat abnormally. They do not have the capacity to clean the blood like the asanas.
Our lungs are responsible for purifying our blood. By yogasanas and pranayama (breathing), we increase the expansion and contraction of our lungs so that they become capable of purifying more and more blood. In other exercises the lungs breath quickly, but not deeply. The oxygen therefore does not reach their innermost parts. These parts therefore keep on accumulating wastes and impurities and after some time appear as disease.
Yogasanas are the best means to keep organs in proper functioning order. No other exercises can be a substitute for asana in this respect.
Our youth depends upon our spine which controls the entire nervous system and blood circulatory organs. The greater the elasticity in the vertebral column, the greater the vigor and longer life.
Other exercises cause tiredness of the body, while yogasana make us fresh. In other exercises, the body has to spend a lot of energy.
The practice of yogasana is very effective in activating these glands so they secrete their juices in the required quantity.