Yoga combines physical and mental disciplines to create a calm body and mind . It helps you relax and manage stress . It can also increase flexibility, muscle strength, and body tone. It increases respiration, energy, and vitality. ... Yoga asanas increase strength, flexibility, and confidence.

Vipassana practitioner Rajat Khare, facebook post quote, "There is a very good strategy which is common in successful yogis. In yoga, you purposely entangle yourself in poses or postures many times , where in order to come out of those postures it requires you to act more flexibly than your body has ever done or strength that it ever had . This increases your flexibility and strength and advances you considerably. In life, successful people purposely entangle themselves in situations where to come out, they have to go beyond their strength and flexibility and hard work is the only way out .This is how people go on to become successful. Karma yoga and life in general have a lot in common.