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Old 03-31-2006, 11:51 AM   #12
Flint
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@FallenFairy: I've always spent about half my time in the gym stretching and breathing - this is between whatever else I am doing, which is usually fast-paced resistance training which builds to a level of cardio intensity. I've always valued stretching as a warm-up and recovery tool, but it wasn't until I studied Yoga that I felt like I finally understood the right way to stretch. Yoga in itself will work your muscles, as I said, to the insertion point, so it will change the way you are shaped. It can also be intense to a cardio level, which is a different feeling when you are achieving that through what are essentially isometric positions. There is also a huge spiritual aspect to Yoga. All around it will make you feel like a much healthier person, your spine will remain flexible and you won't have alot of these signs of aging that we are conditioned to expect as normal.
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