Understanding Yoga Practices and Benefits

What did the Hindu sage Patanjali write about yoga?

• A book about different types of physical exercises.

• A guide to healthy eating and living.

• Texts that define yoga as controlling the mind from outside distractions.

• Stories about ancient Indian gods and goddesses.

What are the three main parts of yoga practice that are still used today?

• Eating healthy, sleeping well, and drinking water.

• Physical postures, breathing exercises, and spiritual thinking.

• Running, jumping, and lifting weights.

• Singing, dancing, and telling stories.

How does regular stretching in yoga help your body become more flexible over time?

• It makes your bones grow longer.

• It changes the water in your muscles and helps create new muscle tissue and elastic collagen.

• It makes your skin softer.

• It helps you run faster.

How can yoga's breathing exercises help people with lung diseases like asthma?

• They make the lungs bigger.

• They relax the muscles that make air passages smaller and help more oxygen get into the blood.

• They stop people from coughing.

• They make the heart beat faster.

How do you feel about yoga practices?

• It's quack and it does not help

• I feel more relaxed afterwards, but the stress is still there

• It helps clear my mind so that I can focus

• Eh, I like it, but it's not a daily thing for me