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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Count on Yoga - 30 reasons to do yoga

16. Space Place

Regularly practising yoga increases your proprioception (your ability to feel what your body is doing and where it is in space) and improves balance. People with bad posture or dysfunctional movement patterns usually have poor proprioception, which has been linked to knee problems and back pain. Better balance could mean fewer falls. For elderly people, this translates into more independence and delayed admission to a nursing home or never entering one at all.

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