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What's the difference between Pilates and Yoga?
1. Breathing is different. Although both yoga and pilates pay attention to breathing, the parts of breathing are different. Pra suggests inhaling through the nose, exhaling through the mouth and adopting abdominal breathing. Yoga breathing is inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the nose. Most of them use abdominal breathing, chest breathing or complete breathing.

2. The posture is different. Yoga posture is flexible, stretching and balanced, while Pilates pays more attention to strength training and needs muscle exercise in all parts.

3. The emphasis is different. Pilates focuses on the core training, emphasizing the exercise of body muscles and functions, so that the muscles of all parts can be fully exercised, while yoga focuses on the combination of body and mind, which has more flexibility and stretching exercises than Pilates, and achieves a state of physical and mental balance through yoga practice combining body and mind.

4. The effect is different. Yoga is mainly to change people's physiology and psychology, so that people can reach a balanced state, while Pilates is more effective in reducing fat plasticity and improving people's body shape.

Similarities between Yoga and Pilates:

1. Both exercises are static exercises, which need to be carried out in a quiet environment, and then the effect of practice can be achieved through various postures.

2. Both sports have strict requirements on breathing, which needs the cooperation of breath.

3. Practicing these two kinds of sports requires calm, quiet study and quiet environment.

4. When practicing again, full-scale exercise is not recommended for both kinds of exercise. It is better to be on an empty stomach, but not too hungry, otherwise some bad phenomena will easily occur.

5. It can make the body healthier, such as enhancing the flexibility of the body, making the body more flexible and making the body healthier.