What is the difference between Yogasanas and other exercises?

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Harshad J Salla

Martial Arts Teacher With 30 Years Experience

In yoga asana all the movements are very slow, steady, smooth, rhythmic, like a poetry. Where as in exercises all the movements are fast that increases your heart rate. In Yogic practice your heart rate does not go that high.
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Yoga Teacher

Yoga and similar exercises like Tai Chi work on infusing energy into your system. Other workouts like zumba and circuit work on burning energy and sweating it out. That is why you feel spent after these exercises but feel re-energised at the end of a yoga or tai chi class. Both have their advantages...
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Yoga and similar exercises like Tai Chi work on infusing energy into your system. Other workouts like zumba and circuit work on burning energy and sweating it out. That is why you feel spent after these exercises but feel re-energised at the end of a yoga or tai chi class. Both have their advantages and importance. You cant compare apples and oranges. Human body is meant to try it all and you can stick to what suits you. read less
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Yoga&Mudra therapist

yogasanas should be done slowly with concentrating on breath but other exercises are fast and need more energy than yoga
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Yoga Instructor

its just the difference b/w the words seeing and watching, yoga you have to do with completely awareness within whereas the other mind concentration need not to be merged...
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Karate, Yoga, Fitness,

not much exercises is the part of yogasana you get some modify things in exercises.
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