From the traditional point of view of yoga, fitness yoga belongs to the marginal physical exercise of yoga and is only a substitute for physical exercise. Once yoga appeared as a simple exercise and fitness function, the characteristics of yoga itself changed. It is no longer yoga itself, but just a fitness method. This mode of physical exercise and fitness is really difficult to have an advantage over the fitness method with modern equipment. The value of yoga is that it enters the field without leaking, and it is difficult to have a real physical and mental conditioning effect.
Like Quaid, the chief fitness physiologist of the American Fitness Association? Dr Brian believes that the purpose of practicing yoga itself is to achieve self-cultivation, not fitness mode, otherwise the real purpose of yoga will be greatly reduced.
Yoga has been carried out in China for more than 20 years, and there are various yoga movements. Many people still think that yoga is asana. Yoga is really inseparable from asana, and with gentle and slow practice, the conditioning effect of yoga asana is also very significant. However, asana is not the patent content of yoga. Asana has different contents in many other sports, such as acrobatics, dance, martial arts and gymnastics.
So, what is real yoga?
There are two things in the world that correspond to each other but cannot be substituted for each other. One is tradition, and the other is modernity. Yoga is a traditional health-preserving method with thousands of years of dialectical philosophy. Traditionally, the longer the time, the deeper the accumulation, and its connotation will be far-reaching and irreplaceable. For modern times, such as modern science and technology, it is more and more advanced and constantly updated, just the opposite of tradition. So yoga is not a substitute for modern asana.