Curcuma = Turmeric
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Turmeric helps stretch the ligaments, and thus is useful for regular hatha yoga practitioners.
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Turmeric and Yoga
For many reasons Turmeric is also one of the best herbs/foods of Yoga: It is one of the most potent urifying herbs in Ayurveda, cleansing all the bodies including physical and subtle, from muscles to marmas; It is one of the safest herbs; It increases flexibility; It reduces pain and inflammation from workouts which means it allows more opportunity to perfect asanas, stay in asanas longer and stay in asanas with greater ease, more sukha and sthira; It increases Prana, the flow of Prana and purifies Prana. Yoga scriptures like the Shiva Samhita recommends that a Yogi take some ghee and milk before asana and pranayama practice, and many traditional yogis add Turmeric to that.
There you go.