It is hardly a love at first sight: the first approach with yoga is generally tiring and destabilizing (sometimes even for pride with the difficulty in assuming and maintaining some positions), and yet the initial trauma is overcome, the benefits are not long in coming on a physical and mental level.

The advantage of yoga, as in running orwalking, is that to practice it is enough comfortable clothing combined with a mat or a towel and with the help of some apps on the market it is really possible to practice it anywhere.

Today I want to talk about Asana Rebel, an app that combines modern yoga and HIIT to experience the best of both worlds with workouts suitable for all 400 workout variations based on five health and wellness related topics.

Get in shape

The exercises of this theme, inspired by cardio, are easy to follow and involve a wide variety of muscle groups. Challenging and effective, workouts increase heart rate while focusing on different muscle groups in a series of small circuits.

Power

In this case we focus on increasing lean muscle mass and toning the body in its entirety. The workouts in this section are proposed to increasing difficulty levels are made to push your body beyond those that are its limits, focus on maintaining powerful poses for long periods of time and strengthening the center.

Flexibility

It is based on slow and controlled movements and repetitions to increase flexibility in a progressive way. Here, workouts have the primary function of stretching the muscles and tendons of the whole body through a mix of short flow, traditional twists typical of yoga and progressive stretching inspired by gymnastics.

Balance and Concentration

A complete mental and physical concentration is required, perfect for intermediate yogis. These exercises challenge the body to balance and the muscles to obey. The workouts of this theme include classic balancing exercises with yoga flow.

Breathing and Relaxation

Perfect for calming the mind and gaining awareness of the body. Those who practice it feel the nervous system relax while the stress and the anxieties of the day dissolve. These are workouts characterized by slow, meditative movements and smooth strokes, which integrate aspects of Yin yoga along with basic work.

Namaste!