The beauty of yoga in the water is static and dynamic

At Loka Yoga, we finally have an intuitive and correct understanding of aquatic yoga. In terms of exercise intensity and purpose, aquatic fitness is a rapid exercise, with every movement fast. Its goal is very clear, which is to intuitively lose weight and shape each body part. Yoga in water itself is a system of its own, which is an improvement and inheritance of yoga recorded in the ancient Indian Yoga Sutra. The one-hour course includes water meditation, water pranayama, water postures, etc.

Water helps yoga practice in many ways: therapeutic relaxation, fluid stretching, nutritional supplements, low impact and contact, etc. By practicing yoga or aerobic training in the swimming pool, you can deeply understand the various functions that water can bring. Aqua yoga classes can safely help practitioners improve flexibility while stretching their posture, helping them recover muscles and adjust their overall body condition. In general, aquatic yoga not only increases practitioners 'interest in yoga, but also is very practical.

The characteristics of water determine many advantages of aquatic yoga:

1. Resistance to water-The feeling of obstruction to people's activities in water is more than 800 times that of air. If the movement speed is the same and the same set of movements is completed, at least 6 times more force will be used in the water than on land. Then, water sports will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

2. The heat dissipation power of water-the heat dissipation power of water is much greater than that of air, more than 28 times that of air. Experiments have proved that the amount of heat consumed by a person exercising in the water for twenty minutes is equivalent to more than an hour of exercising on land at the same intensity. For example, a freshly cooked egg takes a long time to cool in air, but putting it in water cools much faster than air.

3. Buoyancy of water-When exercising in the water, the buoyancy effect of water can greatly reduce the impact force on the joints of the body, making the joints of the human body less likely to be injured. In addition, the buoyancy effect of water allows obese people to feel relaxed and comfortable when exercising in the water, overcoming the shortcoming of easy fatigue when exercising on land. It can be said that underwater aerobics is the most suitable sports activity for obese people.

4. Massage and skin care-Because there is relatively less sweating during water exercise, the irritation of salt in sweat to the skin after land training is reduced. The friction and beating of water and waves have a special massaging effect, which can effectively avoid and reduce skin relaxation and aging, making the skin smooth, lubricated and elastic. At the same time, it can also eliminate depression and fatigue, and reduce mental and physical burden.

People always think that underwater yoga is moving the place for yoga practice to the water. In fact, this is a quite wrong concept, and not all traditional yoga is suitable for moving into the water to practice. On the other hand, aquatic yoga is completely different from the aquatic fitness we previously understood. (Internship Editor: Wu Jinyu)