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Eight Science-Backed Health Benefits of Yoga

Yoga is an incorporation of physical, mental and spiritual practices that ultimately seek to liberate, bringing mind and body together. Yoga seeks to create harmony between your body, mind and spirit. This ancient tradition which has stood the test of time (more than 5,000 years) is a health booster, and its benefits have been backed by science. Yoga can be practiced by just about everyone - not only the extra bendy or flexible people, or those who want to meditate. Here are eight benefits that arise from practicing yoga: 1. Betters bone health : Many yoga postures require that you lift your own weight - exercises such as down- and upward-facing dog help strengthen the bones of the arm, which are more vulnerable to osteoporotic fractures. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, women can lose up to 20 percent of their bone mass in the five to seven years after menopause. It is thus important that women start practicing yoga in their youth to prevent such severe bone m
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