What is the difference between yoga and sports?

Yoga, like all sports, is a method of self-training of the body and mind, and has a fitness effect. Yoga, especially asana practice, is a special kind of physical exercise. If you remove the special requirements for thought movement, body perception, breathing and meditative mind. So what is the difference between yoga and sports? Let me introduce it to you in detail below.

Different behaviors: Yoga abandons the consciousness of competition, requires calming the body and mind, comprehensively increasing the body's tolerance and control, and paying more attention to self-cultivation. Sports are highly competitive. For example, the spirit promoted by the Olympic Games is faster, higher, stronger. It can cultivate people's hard work and effort as well as the tacit cooperation spirit of a team.

Different purposes of practice: Yoga makes people calm, healthy and elegant, and balances the body and mind, and focuses on spiritual practice. Sports make people dynamic and energetic, fit and focused on winning and losing.

Different techniques are used: Yoga guides the eight breathing methods, which mainly stretch and relax the muscles and keep the body static. Sports mainly involve muscle contraction and keeping the body in motion.

Different physiological changes: Yoga can improve the strength of muscles, bones and the toughness of ligaments and tendons, enhance the body's tolerance and sense of control, strengthen the body's internal organs, glands, and nervous system, mainly the red muscles that are mainly responsible for endurance. It can balance energy and is an adjustment process that can make the body and mind full of vitality and energy, and relieve physical and mental fatigue. Sports enhances a person's muscle strength and speed, and strengthens the cardiovascular system, mainly through the use of the white muscle groups that rely on explosive power. It is a consumptive process, and after exercise you will feel tired and need rest and recovery.

The above content is the difference between yoga and sports that I introduced to you. I believe everyone has already understood it. In fact, whether it is yoga or sports, it is good for our body. It is recommended that you do the above two exercises frequently, which can strengthen the body, cultivate one's character, and lose weight. I wish you better and better health.