{"id":2148,"date":"2019-04-06T14:37:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T18:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2019-04-06T15:16:50","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:16:50","slug":"benefits-yoga-exercises-spine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/benefits-yoga-exercises-spine\/","title":{"rendered":"Proper Exercise &#8211; Benefits of Asanas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<em>Yoga exercise focuses first on the health of the spine. The spinal column houses the <\/em>centre<em> of the nervous system, the telegraphic system of the body. As a direct extension of the brain, the healthy spine aids in the health of the whole body. By maintaining the spine&#8217;s flexibility and strength through proper exercise, circulation is increased, the nerves are ensured their supply of nutrients and oxygen, and the body retains its youthful state.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Asanas work on all the various systems of the body, creating suppleness in the spine and joints and toning the muscles, glands, and internal organs. Though at <\/em>first<em> it will be the physical experience of the postures that <\/em>affects<em> you most strongly, as you progress you will grow more and more aware of the flow of prana, the vital energy, and of the importance of correct breathing &#8211; pranayama.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga &#8211; Swami Vishnu-devananda<br \/>\nPage xi<\/p>\n<p>The Sivananda Companion to Yoga<br \/>\nPage 29<\/p>\n<p>The sequence of our open, drop-in yoga classes systematically develops the flexibility and health of the spine as well as all of the systems of the body. <a href=\"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/class-schedule\/\">Join a yoga class<\/a> any day of the week, or check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/free-trial-class\/\">free yoga class<\/a> trial on Sunday afternoons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Yoga exercise focuses first on the health of the spine. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,48],"tags":[49,62,63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2148"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2158,"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions\/2158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivanandacanada.org\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}