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Yoga is not a pseudoscience; it is a practice that originated in ancient India and encompasses physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines. While some aspects of yoga may not be easily studied or understood using traditional scientific methods, many scientific studies have been conducted to examine the effects of yoga on various aspects of health and well-being.
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But did you know that movement-related misinformation is only one type of misinformation that's prevalent in the yoga world? There's a whole other incarnation of pseudoscience to be found in the yoga world. This comes in the form of countless unsubstantiated health and nutrition claims.
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Rekha Sapte
Yoga Professional Trainer with 10 years + of experience in yoga, fitness, health, and mind world.
Yoga has sometimes been marketed with pseudoscientific claims for specific benefits, when it may be no better than other forms of exercise in those cases; and some claims for its effects on particular organs, such as that forward bends eject toxins from the liver, are entirely unfounded.
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Surabhi Sharma
Helping individuals live a stress free life through Meditation, Breathwork and Sudarshan Kriya!
Of course not!! Those who have practiced yoga can vouch for it. Yoga is an ancient science and today US is running after yoga trying to re brand it and claim it as their own- completely showing how important it is. And today even if you Google you'll find plethora of researches on scientific benefits of yoga. So no it's not a pseudo science, but you can only know once you experience it..also yoga is asanas, pranayam and meditation
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