The complete unknown tends to send people running for the exits - especially when there's a much quicker and more simplistic answer to their question. That is perhaps why a person who's never bothered to take a few moments from their day to read into to the art of yoga can often revert to a more conventional method of exercise like running on a treadmill or weight lifting.

However, when a person does begin to scratch the fascinating surface of the world of yoga, they often hit the floor running, well not exactly, and never look back. People often incorporate yoga into their training rituals because of the awesome healing powers it offers to an over worked body.

Most importantly, yoga is exceptionally effective in some key areas:

• It aids in the toning and shaping of the muscles. Over time, certain muscles can become unresponsive, weak and downright lethargic and can be transformed by stimulation and begin to shed their flaccidity.
• Yoga helps kick start a body's detoxification process by slowly stretching joints, muscles and organs. It does so by delivering a fresh blood supply to numerous parts of the body that can become dormant and can help drive hazardous toxins from those areas. Yoga helps pave a path for delayed aging, provides bursts of fresh energy and can give a person a new zest for life.
• Increased flexibility is perhaps one the most well-known benefit of yoga. A person is often blown away by the newfound flexibility he or she may discover in areas of the body that they never thought possible.
• There's nothing worse than aching joints or tendons that can often sideline a person from enjoying the physical activates they've grown to love. Many of the yoga positions target certain parts of the body in a fascinating manner. When combined and working in synchronization they create a scenario where flexibility is attained fairly easily.
• Possibly the most mysterious aspect of yoga is its ability to massage virtually every organ in the human body. No other exercise known to man has the uncanny ability to work internal glands and organs as yoga does. The massage and stimulation has been proven to help deter and keep the body free of diseases and can send an out an alert when an infection begins to make its presence.

Those or only a few of the prominent reasons people turn to yoga to improve the nature of the daily lives. Yoga is now offered at virtually every corner of the globe and continues to go at an alarming rate.

So the next time yoga happens to cross your path or you're looking to add some spice to your workout routine, why not give one of the oldest and most beneficial - mental and physical exercise regiments a whirl.