Yoga -
A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentence 4: A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side.
Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of sentence 4? If the original is the best way, choose option a.
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