What is the difference between yoga and traditional stretching?

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Atul Kumar Goel

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yoga works on all the five layers of human existence ( body,mind, prana, intellect, and spiritual.) traditional stretching helps at body level.
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In yoga every asan goes along with exhale and inhale brething process in Rhythm...compare to anyother excercise the power of heal and peace and ater session change you can see in yoga more positivity...
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Hi Saritha Traditional stretching works only at physical level.Yoga helps in physical and mental level.In yoga you concentrate on breathing and involve your mind in perfecting the stretching posture.Breathing helps in reducing injury during practice
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