Yoga: Yoga is a Chinese vocabulary, which originated from Indian Sanskrit "yug" or "yuji", meaning "consistency", "combination" or "harmony". Yoga originated in ancient India and is one of the six philosophical schools in ancient India. It explores the truth and method of "the unity of Brahma and Me". What modern people call yoga is mainly a series of methods to cultivate one's self-cultivation.
Sports: Sports is a variety of activities that human beings develop gradually in the process of development and consciously cultivate their own physical quality. Take various forms of sports activities, such as walking, running, jumping, throwing, dancing, etc. This is what people usually call the physical exercise process.
2. Yoga and sports have different behaviors:
Yoga abandons the sense of competition, needs physical and mental peace, comprehensively increases the endurance and control of the body, and pays more attention to self-cultivation.
Sports are highly competitive. For example, the spirit of faster, higher and stronger advocated by the Olympic Games can cultivate people's fighting spirit and teamwork spirit.
3. Yoga and physical exercise have different purposes:
Yoga makes people calm, healthy and elegant, balances body and mind, and pays attention to spiritual cultivation.
Sports make people full of energy, have a strong figure and pay attention to winning or losing.
4. Yoga and sports use different skills:
Yoga leads to eight breaths, mainly stretching and relaxing muscles to keep the body at rest.
Exercise mainly makes muscles contract and the body is in a dynamic state.
5. Yoga and physical exercise have different physiological changes:
Yoga can improve the strength of musculoskeletal muscles and the toughness of ligaments and tendons, enhance the tolerance and sense of control of the body, strengthen the internal organs, glands and nervous system of the body, mainly the red muscle group with endurance, and balance energy. It is a process of adjustment, which makes the body and mind full of vitality and energy and relieves physical and mental fatigue.
Exercise can enhance people's muscle strength and speed and strengthen the cardiovascular system. Mainly the explosive white muscle group played a role. This is a consuming process. After exercise, people will feel tired and need rest and recovery.
How to choose the right yoga mat
1, hold the yoga mat with your thumb and forefinger and try to resist pressure. A yoga mat with good elasticity is more protective to human body.
2. Bring an eraser before buying, and use it to wipe the yoga mat to see if the material is easy to break.
3. Gently push the surface of the mat with your palm, which makes it feel dry. If there is too much foaming agent residue on the surface of the floor mat, it will feel slippery, and it is easy to slip when doing exercises on it.
4. Practitioners who just started yoga can choose a thicker mat, such as 6MM thick; If you have a certain foundation, you can choose a yoga mat with a thickness of about 3.5MM-5MM-5 mm-5 mm.
5. Compared with the traditional yoga mat made of PVC, the environment-friendly yoga mat mixed with natural latex and hemp is better for human body and environment, although the price is slightly higher. If the economy permits, we might as well consider it.
What should I pay attention to in yoga fitness?
1, the amount of exercise should not be too large.
In spring, the spirit of the sun rises and everything recovers. Like other creatures in nature, the spirit of the sun in the body began to explode. At this time, if you sweat too much, it will damage your vitality and cause symptoms of excessive fatigue.
2. The posture is mainly flexible and balanced.
The purpose of yoga asana practice is to keep a healthy and agile body, stretch, squeeze and twist all parts of the body with slow breathing, and repeatedly put the body in two extreme States of tension and relaxation. After many times, the body will have a massage-like effect, which can promote blood circulation, restore the vitality of the body, eliminate the stiffness of joints, improve the quality of sleep, improve the concentration of practitioners and gain a sense of peace of mind.
3. Don't pursue the difficulty and intensity excessively.
Practicing asana can exercise your body and mind. Everyone's physical condition is different, and the degree of practice is also different. Some people have good flexibility, some people have a strong sense of balance, and some people have stronger strength. In any case, they have exercised physically and mentally, and there is no need to compete with their younger brothers and sisters. As long as they think today is better than yesterday, it is success. If you force your body, injury is inevitable.