Reddit reviews Why Yoga Works: The Science Behind the Yoga
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If you enjoy doing asana because of the flexibility and strength, GREAT!!! Do it for those reasons, maybe you will inadvertently get a health benefit or two along the way. The chakra, nadi, yin, yang, kosha, dosha thing was a bit to woo woo for me when I started and reading these books that describe health benefits of asana as 'removing bad fat from the hips' left a sour taste in my mouth.
Maybe it all goes back to man's search for meaning, but my nature to call out BS and nerd out on science made me dive deep into this topic of the health benefits of yoga based upon conventional medicine and not chakras. I researched the hell out of pubmed.com and wrote a book on the science behind 'Why Yoga Works" because as a nurse I couldn't stomach the thought of another stupid medical claim from a teacher that this asana is good for curing diarrhea.