Summary: What are the true purpose and aims of exercise? What does exercise actually mean? How do you most effectively reap the benefits of exercise without potentially damaging your physiology? Is the exercise or yoga class that you are attending to actually benefiting your health or is it doing more damage than good? In this podcast mater yoga teacher and physiotherapist Simon Borg-Olivier investigates the mechanisms of exercise and movement in general, including "Hatha Yoga" - the physical aspect of yoga which includes asanas (postures) and pranayama (breath work). Simon reveals basic misunderstanding and misconceptions people have about modern Yoga and exercise based science. He shares correlations between types of movement with the state of your nervous system. Simon and reveals tips to revolutionise your exercise and yoga practice for maximum vitality, energy and prana (life-force to every cell in your body).
