{"id":2090,"date":"2017-01-04T13:25:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T13:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adityabirlahealth.com\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:01:28","slug":"yoga-for-all-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2017\/01\/04\/yoga-for-all-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga For All: Discover Inclusive Practices For Every Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Zen proverb says \u2013 only when one is extremely pliable and soft, can they be extremely hard and strong. In essence, that\u2019s what yoga teaches you. Whether you\u2019re looking to lose weight, rejuvenate your senses, build strength or just need a plain old stress reliever, yoga can help you reach your goal.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, it\u2019s important to choose the type of yoga technique that best suit your needs. Opting for power yoga when your goal is recovery and healing wouldn\u2019t be very helpful, in fact, it could be counterproductive.<\/p>\n<p>Here, we try to explain the different kinds of yoga for various requirements so you can make an educated choice:-<\/p>\n<h3>Yoga for Quick Weight Loss &#8211; Hot Yoga<\/h3>\n<p>Hot yoga, popularised in the seventies, is commonly practised in a 40\u00b0 C room with 40% humidity. It involves practising 26 poses and holding them for 90 seconds the first time and then 30 seconds. By the end of the session, you\u2019ll have a new definition of \u2018breaking a sweat\u2019, but there\u2019s no denying the weight loss results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2296 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/yoga-for-all-reasons-hot-yoga.jpg\" alt=\"yoga-for-all-reasons-hot-yoga\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/534;\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Yoga for Healing \u2013 Restorative Yoga<\/h3>\n<p>As the name suggests, Restorative Yoga can bring on a sense of rejuvenation and recovery. Restorative <a title=\"Yoga Poses For All\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2020\/06\/16\/5-reasons-why-yoga-good-is-for-all-ages\/\">Yoga is beneficical for all ages<\/a> Regardless of whether you\u2019re back from a hospital stay, dealing with a mental illness or simply nursing a broken heart, this type of yoga might be the one for you. Supported stretches and deep breathing are part of this yoga technique. You\u2019ll also need to focus on all your sensations and acknowledge any emotions that may surface during the session.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2297 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/yoga-for-all-reasons-restorative-yoga.jpg\" alt=\"yoga-for-all-reasons-restorative-yoga\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/522;\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Yoga for Stress Relief &#8211; Hatha Yoga<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s becoming increasingly important to deal with the stress that builds up in our daily routines, at work or at home. &#8220;Ha&#8221; means &#8220;sun&#8221; and &#8220;tha&#8221; means &#8220;moon&#8221;; put them together and a yoga technique that focuses on balancing your entire body&#8217;s energy emerges. It works on deepening the mind-body connection and stretching tight muscles with the help of poses, deep breathing, and meditation. This also reduces stress on your heart and by doing that Hatha <a title=\"Yoga For High Cholesterol\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2016\/12\/02\/6-yoga-poses-to-control-high-cholesterol\/\">Yoga can help with cholesterol issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64124 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/yoga-for-all-reasons-hatha-yoga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/533;\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Yoga for Strength \u2013 Ashtanga<\/h3>\n<p>While there are several styles of yoga that can help strengthen your body, certified yoga instructors believe that the repeated series of poses like the Chatarunga (a yogi push-up), up dog, and down dog of Ashtanga yoga is a sure-fire way to make you strong and fierce. This technique will help you develop targeted muscles, even those that are found in complex parts and all by holding and repeating the Vinyasas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-63731 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/yoga-for-all-reasons-Ashtanga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/533;\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Yoga for Flexibility \u2013 Yin<\/h3>\n<p>Adopting a more passive approach to flexibility, Yin yoga often feels like floating on a cloud. Very different from powering through with Power Yoga, Yin yoga is more considerate to the connective tissue around your muscles and joints and is often practiced with the help of bolsters and props. This facilitates the slow opening and release of the connective tissue, thereby increasing your flexibility.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64105 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/yoga-for-all-reasons-yin-yoga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"847\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/847;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you happen to be dealing with high cholesterol, you could also consider a few yoga poses by checking out our <a title=\"Activ Living Health Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/\">blog articles on health<\/a>. By practicing yoga daily, you can stay active and earn HealthReturnsTM during the new normal of staying at home. HealthReturns can be used for getting discounts and <a title=\"Avail Discounts On Mediclaim\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/health-returns\">offers on health insurance premium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Article Source &#8211; Shape.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Zen proverb says \u2013 only when one is extremely pliable and soft, can they&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4243,4227],"tags":[279,278,242,245,246,282,280,281,243,244],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-fitness","category-self-care","category-yoga","tag-ashtanga","tag-hot-yoga","tag-power-yoga","tag-quick-weight-loss","tag-recovering-and-healing","tag-restorative-yoga","tag-vinyasas","tag-yin-yoga","tag-yoga-for-strength","tag-yoga-for-stress-relief"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yoga for All: Discover Inclusive Practices for Every Body<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore the world of yoga, where there&#039;s a practice for everyone. 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