If you are a real man, go practice yoga.

 　　One yoga teacher hopes to regain male of healthy Lost Ground, he said in his book: “Traditional Indian yoga is not suitable for everyone, only men, because in ancient times, yoga was originally designed for men, especially athletic and muscular men. ”Senior health and sports reporter John Capouya once said in his book "Real Man Do Yoga" that "Yoga can maintain the flexibility of athletes, making them stronger and perform better." As a result, a male yoga trend has set off in the United States. More and more muscular men are willing to throw away the dumbbells, sit cross-legged, and close their arms. Eye Practice breathing and stretching. In 2001, the American "Time" magazine used yoga as its cover, sensitive to the resurgence of yoga in the world. In the United States, 15 million people practice yoga, and more than 3.5 million are men. Who says men can't practice? Rock poet Sting, who is in his 50s, shows off his strong body after practicing yoga for many years in his new work, and proudly boasts that yoga can allow him to have sex with his wife for up to five hours. NBA Timberwolves player Jarnett must practice yoga breathing and concentration before every game. IBM once used yoga exercises to recharge employees. In Taiwan, many high-tech companies offer yoga classes for their employees, and many corporate executives use it as a way to keep fit.

　　Why should men practice yoga?

　　If you have never experienced the panic of staying up late after the age of 30, the climb to the top after going to work, or the short circuit in the boudoir during the career bottleneck period, you can completely skip this topic.

　　In fact, Leonard Hayflick pointed out in "How and Why We Age" that the overall physiological condition of men after the age of 30 is like a parabola, decreasing by one percentage point every year.

　　The rules of the game for men make their health problems more prominent. Society's requirements for men are relatively one-dimensional: to control the world. Therefore, men are only allowed to express their successful side. Therefore, when men face stress, they have few channels to vent and often ignore their physical condition until their blood pressure rises and heart problems occur. Chronic stress leads to heart disease and cancer The probability of occurrence is 6 times higher than risk factors such as smoking and high cholesterol； Moreover, it is difficult for middle-aged people to control their emotional stress, and the chance of dying increases from 15% to 50%.

　What’s the point of controlling the world when your body is not in your control?

　　Yoga teaches you to control your body.

　　The word Yoga comes from the Indian Sanskrit yug or yuj, which is a pronunciation and means "unity", "union" or "harmony". Yoga postures adjust breathing through consciousness, use postures to adjust the balance of the body, and stimulate the body's own energy through relaxation to promote health. Its ultimate goal is to be able to control oneself and master the physical senses. Ancient yogis believed that by moving the body and regulating the breath, one could gain complete control over the mind and emotions, as well as maintain a permanently healthy body.

　　Yoga postures include stretching, strength, endurance, and exercises to strengthen cardiopulmonary function. For many people who have some experience in practicing yoga, the most direct effect they perceive is that yoga relieves many sub-health states caused by busy work: reduced immunity, physical exhaustion, and sometimes psychological frustration, muscle tension, spinal pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, and even memory loss. We at Karma Yoga in Pudong, Shanghai even learned that when many men practice yoga, they find that the flexibility and balance of yoga are of great benefit to improving their golf skills. As the postures of yoga practice gradually become more difficult, and many movements require arm support, male students begin to gain the upper hand.

　　science as well clinical Studies have proven that yoga does have a positive impact on health.

　　Yoga is a kind of training that relies on consciousness to adjust breathing, achieve whole-body balance with body postures, and restore the body's self-healing ability. A trial supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Complementary Therapies found that yoga improved fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis better than other exercise. Deep breathing in yoga helps you focus ； Complete and balanced contraction and stretching movements can train the muscles and joint elasticity of the whole body, which is an effect that cannot be achieved by single movements such as walking or riding a bicycle.