TRAINING MUSCLES: THE YOGIC WAY
Muscles are an integral part of functioning of human body. They are the providers of movement at more than 180 joints of our physical body. There have been a lot of discussion and research on the effects of yoga on muscular functions. We will try to assemble some of the facts on the topic, in this article, so as to bring to our readers a qualitative viewpoint towards the benefits of yoga. Muscles are a collection of very small straps called fibers. Fibers are the contractile unit of a muscle, which is irritated through a nerve impulse from brain, and in response to that they respond as a whole, bringing about the contraction of the muscle. How many fibers are stimulated in a given activity determines the efficiency of performance. Muscles are to be used constantly in order to keep them strong and fine tuned with the requirements of an individual. Active muscles allow the blood to be transfused through them deeper and maintain the level of nutriti...