Yoga can grow, why do I feel more stiff the more I practice yoga?
- Why do I feel more stiff the more I practice yoga?
- The college yoga teacher said that there are some movements in yoga that can help you get heightened. Is that true?
Why do I feel more stiff the more I practice yoga?
Today, the editor is here to talk to you about the problem of getting harder and harder.
1. It is important to choose the right course according to your own body.
There is a type of body that is thin, lacks strength, and is stiff.
For people of this body type, if you start with faster yoga, you will gain more strength, but the flexibility of the body will not improve much.
It is recommended to cooperate with Yin Yoga practice. Indeed, it is "painful" for people with stiff bodies to stay in a Yin Yoga pose for a long time. And people with relatively stiff bodies may be impatient in nature, and they will find it difficult to "endure" practicing Yin Yoga. However, sometimes, you just have to "go in the direction of the greatest resistance", and the more "painful" practice for your body may be exactly what you need.
two。 Pay more attention to breathing
In fact, deep breathing is the key to practicing flexibility. For example, when doing the upper dog position, if the upper back and shoulders are stiff and have not yet achieved the complete upper dog position, there is no way to inhale, that is because the stiffness of the body leads to inability to breathe. If the chest breathing is carried out in a controlled manner at this time, bringing the breath to the ribs and to the back, the back bending strength of the upper dog will certainly increase.
Similarly, in other poses, when people with stiff bodies do backbends, there is a great tendency to hold their breath. Remind yourself to breathe fully and bring breath to your chest and ribs.
3. Pay more attention to the practice of strength
Strength can help improve flexibility. For example, if there is no strength in the front and back of the thighs, it is difficult to lift the legs and chest. When doing asanas, learn to use strength to improve flexibility.
The college yoga teacher said that there are some movements in yoga that can help you get heightened. Is that true?
It's true. The following is my personal experience.
People who are familiar with me, or those who often read my articles, know that I am very conservative in introducing the effects of yoga.
My teacher told me when I first started practicing yoga that yoga can make adults grow 2 to 3 centimeters tall. I didn't believe it at that time, although the teacher explained why he could grow taller. But I still don't believe it. After all, in order to promote, various industries exaggerate, exaggerate the effectiveness of too many practices.
So when I introduced the benefits of yoga to people around me, including my students, I never introduced that yoga can make adults grow taller. Including the articles I wrote and posted online, I have never formally mentioned the effect of yoga on growth before this one. Because first of all, I don't believe it.
Then some time ago, my old classmate saw me and said I had gained weight. Passing by the supermarket, I saw a coin-operated scale for height and weight measurement. I used to be 162.9 tall barefoot. Of course, let's just say 163. The height of the supermarket is 165.5.
Before I noticed the change in the height figure at that time, I stared at the weight figure and found that the weight had indeed grown. Because the type of clothes I wear has not changed, I suspect that there is something wrong with it. I went to the drugstore and measured it again. My weight was the same as before, and my height was also 165.5 of what I had just now. I didn't notice the height at that time. Because of the doubt about my weight, I dropped two coins on the scale in the supermarket and measured it twice.
I noticed that the height was 165.5 when I was holding a note from the measurement on the way back. It was a very happy day.
In retrospect, how my teacher explained to me that yoga can make adults grow taller.
Take the spine, for example, there are intervertebral discs between the vertebrae of the spine. The intervertebral disc is a soft substance like jelly, it will deform, it will be compressed, and it will bounce back. We often talk about intervertebral disc herniation, which means that the intervertebral disc is squeezed and slightly flattened, causing the nucleus pulposus in the intervertebral disc to run out.
We humans are standing animals, because of gravity, with age, the gap between the vertebrae will become smaller and smaller, that is, the intervertebral disc will become narrower and narrower. It can be narrowed or lengthened, of course. Many movements in yoga can stretch the spine, naturally, the height will grow a little bit.
Of course, we can rest assured that this kind of growth is completely healthy and within a reasonable range. It will not cause any damage to the intervertebral disc, but will create space for the vertebral body and the nerves around the spine, which is good for the body.
Have you grown taller when you practice yoga? You are welcome to speak with the facts and leave messages in the comment area.
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