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Al hacer yoga, mejoras tu flexibilidad.

Al hacer yoga, mejoras tu flexibilidad.
When you do yoga, you improve your flexibility.
From Lesson 470:The impersonal second person (tú)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Al hacer yoga, mejoras tu flexibilidad.

Why does the verb mejoras use the tú form if this is a general statement about yoga?
This is the impersonal tú. Just like in English when we say 'you improve' to mean 'people in general improve', Spanish uses the informal second-person singular to state general truths or shared experiences. It makes the statement feel more relatable and conversational than the formal impersonal se.
Why does the sentence use Al hacer instead of Cuando haces?
Both are perfectly correct, but al followed by an infinitive (like hacer) is a very common and natural way to express 'upon doing' or 'when doing' something. It is a great everyday shortcut because it avoids the need to conjugate the verb in the first half of the sentence.
Notice the phrase tu flexibilidad. Does the possessive adjective have to match the impersonal tú?
Yes! When you use the impersonal tú for the verb (mejoras), the rest of the sentence must agree with it. If the sentence had used the impersonal se instead (Al hacer yoga, se mejora...), you would drop the possessive and use a definite article: se mejora la flexibilidad.
If we replaced Al hacer with Cuando, why wouldn't we use the subjunctive (Cuando hagas yoga)?
The subjunctive after cuando is only used for pending future events, meaning 'When you eventually do yoga'. Because this sentence describes a general, established truth and a habitual result, we must use the indicative (Cuando haces yoga).

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