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Streching is an exercise of part of body for the purpose of increasing flexibility, and mobility of joints.Streching remove tension and stiffness from body muscles.
Yoga is also involve streching of body.Before starting yoga streching is very important and it helps to improve flexibility.Yoga include asanas and pranayam which help to increase immunity flexibility and strength.Yoga remove stress from mind and body.Improve mind health.Improve breathing techniques.improve function of heart.
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Yoga is not only stretching ,
Yoga is a state of mind, it works on our consciousness, thinking, but now a days we think only asana, poses are yoga, no this is a part of Yoga, not total yoga..
According Ashtanga Yoga there are 08 parts - Yama, Niyama, Asana , Pranayama,Pratyahara, Dharma, Dhayan, Samadhi..
So you can see, Asana and Stretching is on 3rd no. ,
So thia is Yoga..
Stretching is physical exercise, and Yoga is Highest deep consciousness state of human being.
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Yoga poses involve body movements which do stretches body parts. In stretching one focuses on putting pressure on particular portion of body, same like yoga. Some stretching exercises are also well known yoga asanas. So, if put simply, we can conclude that stretching is small part taken from big circle of yoga. Yoga is bigger extension from which stretching seems to be born.
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