With this tool, you can assess where your mind is when you are playing your sport and draw your mind and body back into union if they become separate. This helps you prepare to be present in whatever sport you are playing. One of the quickest and most significant benefits of yoga is the effect it has on reducing stress. When you are stressed out, your body holds onto that stress. It can be held in the neck, back, hamstrings, stomach, head - just about anywhere.
Tense muscles decrease flexibility and energy and increase pain and risk of injury.
Yoga helps release stress in your body and mind so the body has more freedom to perform at its best with the least amount of pain. Yoga strengthens the core muscles in your torso, specially those that support your spine. Unlike a typical fitness routine, practically every posture in yoga has a positive effect on the spine. Keeping the spine flexible and strong is one of the highest purposes of yoga. The stronger and more flexible your spine is the more your posture falls into proper alignment.