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Yoga isn’t all about being zen and meditative – some forms of it are as sweaty and strength building as a weights class! We ask the experts to explain how to use yoga to get stronger physically, as well as mentally.
Yoga is easy – that’s the impression I always got from social media or films. Despite never having been sporty, I assumed that yoga, unlike other forms of fitness, couldn’t be hard and as such, took my first yoga class a few years ago filled with misplaced confidence. How wrong I’d been!
I couldn’t hold a downward dog for longer than 10 seconds and the transitions definitely weren’t as easy as they’d looked when the teacher had given us a demo. Every class I’d seen on a screen looked zen and relaxing, with everyone effortlessly transitioning into each pose without a drop of sweat on their body. But the truth is – as I quickly discovered – yoga can be a brilliant form of strength training.
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