Do I have to be flexible to do yoga?
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Do I have to be flexible to do yoga?
No, being flexible to do yoga at initially is not a “forced” need (or even good at yoga). You can always find a position or style that suits your requirements, level of comfort, and skill set. There may be a relationship between yoga and flexibility, but being flexible isn’t a prerequisite for doing yoga practice.
As with anything new, the more you practice yoga poses, the more at ease you become. Your body will become stronger (more flexible) as well as more confident with this new ability as you gain more comfort, allowing you to try more daring yoga poses. I strongly recommend you if you want to try difficult yoga poses, you must read this first- What are potentially harmful yoga poses?
No matter where you are, yoga accepts you. There are no guidelines, benchmarks, or standards. As long as a person is patient and enters the yoga practice with an open mind, they can all get benefit from practicing yoga. Yoga is simple, it’s all about stretchings. Although gentle yoga has numerous benefits, there are also other kinds and schools of yoga that are more physically demanding. It requires flexibility, strength, and endurance or stamina.
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