Exclusive: Shilpa Shetty opens up on why she started yoga

New Delhi, News24 Bureau, June 19

Shilpa Shetty is one of the fittest and gorgeous actresses in the tinsel town who swear by yoga. As the world is gearing up for the International Yoga Day, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty made many interesting revelations about yoga, its advantages and what made her practice yoga.In an exclusive interview with News24, 

Shilpa spoke in detail about the benefits of yoga and meditation. Talking in detail about yoga, Shilpa said that she started practicing yoga almost 18 years back when she was suffering from neck pain issues. The ‘Dhadkan’ actress revealed that she hired a yoga teacher to help her in curing the disease. But later, yoga became part of her life. And this is how she started practicing yoga. She said that yoga is an only holistic way of stretching, reversing aging and there are many other benefits.

During the press conference at her residence, Shilpa talked in detail about yoga and its benefits. ‘’I see yoga as science which belongs to India and it has become global now. People from all over the world are taking yoga lessons from India and are also monetizing it,’’ said Shilpa.

Shilpa further said, ‘’I am happy for the ‘Shilpa Shetty yoga app’ and the only aim to launch it is to promote it on a larger scale.’’ She added that people have now started taking interest in my app to learn yoga.

Shilpa further said, ‘’Yog is not just a practice but also a discipline for me. There is a flow in yoga. There is no need to be flexible to do yoga. Yoga helps in controlling and calming the mind.’’

‘’Health and wellness depend 70% on food and 30 % on yoga and exercises. There should be a fine balance between both. Lifestyles should be changed,’’ added Shilpa.

Talking about her professional life, Shilpa said she is all set to be on the silver screen once again. ‘’I have four scripts in my kitty and I will soon decide what to do next.‘’Sharing her message on yoga, Shilpa said, ‘’Please be aware of your health and follow the science.’’ ‘’Easiest way to gain fitness is to concentrate on your breath and results will be amazing,’’ said Shilpa.

These apps can help you to learn Yoga

International Yoga Day is held on 21st June every year. On December 10, 2014, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared the day as International Day of Yoga. The first International Yoga Day was held on 21 June 2015. Since then, on 21st June every year, Yoga Day is held in other countries of the world, including India. We all know the importance of yoga in our lives. Yoga can help to avoid a variety of ailments as well as to make the body healthy.

Today we're going to tell you about some similar apps that you can install on your smartphone, smartwatch or tab. With these apps, you can do yoga every day. These apps have a variety of yoga postures that can help you do daily yoga. These apps are exclusively for Apple users. You can install these apps on iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watch. Let us know other information in detail

This great app offers over 500 asanas, over 200 yoga classes, meditation, and more than 50 workout plans. With this, you get more than 10 top coaches. If you're a beginner, these coaches give you workshops that help you become a master of yoga with Beginner. The Daily Yoga app lets you find several series from Beginner like Master, Gating Toned, Mindfulness Everyday, Health Enhancement. 

Each series has a class plan that will help you achieve your fitness goal. The Daily Yoga app can be integrated with the Apple Health app. You can share how many calories you burn after completing any workout. You'll also be able to track everyday activity with Apple Health and Daily Yoga data logs.

It's basically Apple Watch's native app that guides a variety of deep-breeding exercises. It reminds you of daily deep-breeding so you can perform exercise every day. In this app, you can choose the time of deep-breeding to suit your convenience. Also, it shows animations with a tap, helps you focus when you're briefing. You can track your breaking session with the Apple Health app. At the end of each session, you also know how many times you've used the Bice app every day. Apple users can download this app for free. This app is designed for both Beginner and Advance users. It includes yoga plans for both users. These workouts help you keep your body fit and flexible. With this app, you can help you get your work out goal up to 100 percent. for which you can also personalize each level.

For your information, this app is for all fitness lovers who want them to be fit and flexible every day. With this app, you can lose weight and also live a healthy lifestyle. This app is also available for free for users. The app is available in 6 languages - English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. 

This app gives you customized fitness and weight loss plans. Also, the app offers a healthy mile tracker as well as an annie white solution for the toned body. It takes 7 to 30 minutes to work out with this app. You can burn 200 calories in one op. Yoga Go has been integrated for HealthKit in which fitness data can be imported.

The Best Yoga Apps of 2019

1. Daily Yoga
2. Pocket Yoga
3. Yoga Studio
4. Simply Yoga
5. 5 Minute Yoga
6. Down Dog
7. Yoga with Adriene
8. Asana Rebel
9. Keep Yoga