Asanas are usually better known as postures for their specific and detailed purpose of being doable and useful to everyone who wants to live healthily. A number of yoga trainers do not employ the term “exercises” on the movements, regarding exercises as demanding, tough and exhausting, compared to yoga which is meant to sustain energy.
Most exercises – aerobic, cardio workouts, resistance training, or other forms, require repeating body movements of speed and force. Exercises of this sort are bound to weaken and injure the muscle.
Regularly doing Yoga, on the other hand, promotes movements for to energize and stabilize your physical, mental and spiritual self.