The Yogic Benefits of Stiffness

It’s not actually about flexibility

Joe Omundson
Curious
Published in
5 min readAug 1, 2023

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Highly flexible people are the best at yoga because they can twist themselves into all kinds of unnatural shapes. Right?

Not at all — even if that’s the impression you get from Instagram and other popular media.

In some ways, hyper-flexible people are at a disadvantage! They can miss out on…

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