Yoga has a brilliant built-in balancing feedback loop (Negative and positive feedback loops) that trends toward equal strength in all muscles.
In yoga, the only thing that matters is that you successfully mimic the external pose. It doesn't matter how strong your biceps are, or how flat your stomach is. What matters is that you can get your body to mimic that pose as close as possible.
The many different poses each target specific areas of the body, which means that you must be equal parts strong and flexible across all parts of your body to be able to mimic each pose successfully.
Herein lies the magic.
When you're not flexible enough in a region of your body, or not strong enough to hold a pose with the proper amount of strength, it becomes very apparent which muscle is the weakest link in the chain. That squeaky wheel (Inefficiency is where we learn best) gets the grease.
Because muscles strengthen and become limber when challenged and stretched (up to a threshold (Antifragile to a threshold)), it's only a matter of time before that specific muscle is no longer the weakest link (Autoimmune symptoms are the weak link). Then the next weakest link can be strengthened, and the next, and so on.
Your body organically targets the areas that need the most support and attention until you are able to achieve each pose successfully.
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