Benefits of yoga

The "ordinary" man in his usual waking state is a sleeping being who almost never achieves true consciousness.
Most human beings live like machines, reacting mechanically to external and internal stimuli, without being masters of themselves.
All their thoughts and emotions are essentially unconscious mechanical reactions.
So they have no real "I" (see Gurjieff, "Life is only real when I am").
This ego is merely the sum of contradictory voices that manifest themselves as circumstances dictate.
Only by raising our level of consciousness through yoga, meditation and "self-remembering" can we crystallize our deepest "I" and achieve true inner mastery.

The benefits of YOGA are many and far-reaching. In fact, each posture acts on certain parts of the body and on certain internal organs.
For more details on each posture, please consult SWAMI SATYANANDA SARASWATI's book "Asanas , Pranayama , Mudras , Bandha".
and read the book "Comment entretenir , protéger son patrimoine physique" by Dr Dominique MARTIN Osteopath, published by Sol Air.
Many of the preparatory exercises we practice are taken from these two books, and are complemented by the classic asanas of the SIVANANDA school of YOGA.

YOGA therefore harmoniously complements TAICHICHUAN and QIGONG - the three are so closely linked that in "good" Taichichuan.... classes, the body is prepared by QIGONG and YOGA exercises to put it in optimum condition for practice.
Other YOGA benefits:
Stimulates and awakens the body in all its aspects and functions
Restores natural flexibility
Improves the digestive system

Promotes relaxation
Increases dynamism
Generates physical and mental well-being
Improves energy circulation
Restores symmetry and improves balance
Frees joints and corrects alignments and imbalances

Fights fatigue, insomnia and backache
Lengthens muscle chains
Stimulates blood circulation
Corrects bad posture

Improves nerve flow, reflexes and concentration
Yoga also promotes a clear, focused state of mind, develops inner strength and our ability to create the causes and conditions of our well-being.