Babies are born yogis．Once we were all able to pull our toes up by our ea

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Babies are born yogis（瑜伽练习者）．once we were all able to pull our toes up by our ears and laugh about it．Then we aged, got injured, and began carrying stress in our shoulders and back．In short, we lost our balance．Yoga（瑜伽） is an ancient practice that helps create a n of union in body, mind, and spirit．It brings us balance．I was riously out of balance when I started practicing yoga in 1999．I had plantar fascitis（足底筋膜炎）in both feet, and my doctor had warned me against all the things I loved to do: walking, hiking, and playing tennis．I was desperate for exerci．Yoga became my salvation and even enhanced my other fitness activities．I practice yoga at least twice a week, but I consider yoga to be part of my daily life becau after a while you no longer just practice yoga—you love it．Yoga becomes part of your physical life．Your body grows stronger, more toned, and more flexible as you move from one po to the other．I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first vacation on which I lost weight．“Rather than building muscle, yoga builds muscle tone,” says Shakta Kaur Khalsa, author of the K．I．S．S．Guide to Yoga．“Becau yoga helps maintain a balanced metabolism （新陈代谢), it also helps to regulate weight．Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwi, causing fat to be removed around the cells．” I do yoga pos throughout the day．After hours at my computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms．When I need a boost of energy, I do energizing pos．When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative pos．Yoga becomes part of your mental life．Yoga teaches you to focus on breathing while you hold the pos．This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves stress and anxiety．I u yogic breathing on the tennis courts, in the dentist’s chair, and in traffic jams．You should always leave a yoga practice feeling energized, not tired．If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time “fighting” yourlf, trying to force yourlf into pos．In yoga, you “surrender” to the po by letting go of the tension．Yoga becomes part of your spiritual life．Yoga is practiced by people from all religions; it is not restricted to any religious group．Yoga teaches “right” living in how we deal with ourlves and others．As I work on a difficult po, I learn patience, forgiveness, and the value of gentleness．Yoga advocates proper eating, but you don’t have to be a vegetarian to practice yoga．72．What would be the best title for this passage? A．What’s Yoga?    B．How I Do Yoga Pos C．The Benefits of Yoga  D．The Varieties of Yoga73．According to the third paragraph, yoga can help people __________． A．grow taller B．lo weight C．become flexible in thinking   D．make more friends74．People feel tired after yoga becau __________． A．they consume energy in practicing yoga B．they respond well to yoga pos C．they spend too much time on yoga    D．they force themlves into yoga pos75．If this passage continues, what will the writer most probably write about in the next paragraph? A．Yoga as a means to keep fit．    B．Different yoga pos． C．Popularity of yoga all over the world．    D．Encouraging people to do yoga． 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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