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No matter which kind of sports you choose, exercising makes you fit and renders your lifestyle healthier. To each type of exercising some reasons that encourage you to commit and yoga is no exception.

On the occasion of the International Day of Yoga, we decided to celebrate the right way and encourage you to continue this peaceful fitness journey. However, if you have never tried yoga before, here are 5 reasons to join the pack!

1 – It promotes your balance, strength and flexibility by increasing your blood flow and warming up your muscles through its slow movements and strengthening your body by driving you to hold poses.

2 – If you have a chronic low-back pain, yoga helps relief it, since it is as good as basic stretching and improves your mobility.

3 – As a gentle form of exercise, yoga relieves arthritis symptoms.

4 – Yoga also reduces stress and body-wide inflammation, lowers high blood pressure and helps remove excess weight, which explains the reason it is beneficial for heart health.

5 – Speaking about stress, many of us have trouble sleeping and believe it or not, yoga helps you sleep better at night, while boosting your mood and increasing your physical energy during the day.

Now, have we convinced you to join the yoga community?

Article Written by Mirella Haddad