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Flexibility can be well defined as the ability of the joints or body parts to move around a full range of motion. Flexibility plays an important role in our lives as we require it in our daily activities like bending etc. It helps in keeping our muscles mobile. Flexibility however decreases with age and so it is very important to include flexibility exercises in your daily workout program. It should be well understood that flexibility and stretching are two different things. Stretching is used to improve flexibility and only a flexible body can stretch to great extents.

Flexibility can be obtained by ways like flexibility exercises or yoga stretching exercises. Exercises like stretching help in achieving flexibility, but most of the exercises as we all know include jerks and rapid movements which can sometimes cause tension, fatigue and damage to the tissues, joints etc. the chances of muscle soreness and injuries is also more. Stretching exercises do not contain any jerky movements but consist of very gradual movements. Yoga Postures

Though almost any type of exercise works towards increasing flexibility but, for most forms the increase in flexibility is too nominal to be considered. Yoga stretching is the most effective in increasing flexibility of the body. Also most of the exercises work only on the physical level whereas yoga stretching is something, which works on both physical as well as mental level. In yoga stretching the brain and body, work together and hence there is a balance of energy.

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