Postures

Third limb: Postures (Asana)

Asanas means practice of postures. This third limb of yoga is often misunderstood to be what yoga is. In fact, it is only one of eight limbs.

There are many different schools of yoga and the practice of asanas. Due to many factors such as age, physical condition, health, previous experience and many other things, the recommended practice of Asanas would be different from individual to individual. The Asanas should be modified to serve the highest good of the person rather then the person having to adopt to fit into the practice of the Asanas.

Asanas helps develop stability in the body, elasticity in the lung fibers and in other parts of the respiratory system - this is beneficial for proper practice of pranayama, the fourth limb of Ashtanga Yoga.

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