Disover The Benefits Of Yoga

The most important benefit of yoga is physical and mental
therapy. Physical benefits are the creations of a toned,
flexible and strong body, improves respiration, energy and
vitality. It also helps to maintain a balanced metabolism
and promotes cardio and circulatory health and relieves
pain.

For mental benefits, yoga teaches us how to focus on
breathing while we look and feel younger. It improves our
athletic performance too.

Regular practice of yoga with meditation can help diverse
ailments such as diabetes, blood pressure, digestive
disorders, arthritis, arteriosclerosis, chronic fatigue,
asthma, varicose veins and heart conditions. Laboratory
tests have even proved the yogi's increased abilities of
consciously controlling autonomic or involuntary functions,
such as temperature, heartbeat and blood pressure.

According to medical scientists, yoga therapy is successful
because of the balance created in the nervous and endocrine
systems which directly influences all the other systems and
organs of the body. Yoga acts both as a curative and
preventive therapy. The very essence of yoga lies in
attaining mental peace, improved concentration powers, a
relaxed state of living and harmony in relationships.

Through the practice of yoga, we become aware of the
interconnectedness between our emotional, mental and
physical levels.

I have practiced yoga for more than ten years now and I
find that not only does it give me wonderful physical
workouts; it also provides me with a completely different
outlook in life. It does not matter how tired I may be
going into class, I always look forward to it and I come
out a changed person when the session ends. I feel
refreshed and renewed, like every cell in my body is
sparkling.

Many activities and workouts can get our bodies in shape
and toned, but yoga provides much more than just a workout.
Holding yoga postures actually wrings toxins out of our
body and the yogi breathing infuses the body with energy.

We need to breathe deeply to bring oxygen to all our cells,
rid the body of toxins and energize us, but we also use
breathing to help us turn inward in meditation. Peace of
mind is important to us and so is staying calm during the
day.

BENEFITS

Physicians and scientists are discovering more and more new
health benefits of practicing yoga. Studies show it can
relieve the symptoms of several common and potentially
life-threatening illnesses such as arthritis,
arteriosclerosis, chronic fatigue, diabetes, asthma and
obesity.

Asthma

Studies conducted at yoga institutions in India have
reported impressive improvements in asthma. It has also
been proved that asthma attacks can usually be prevented by
practice of yoga.

Respiration Problems

Patients who practice yoga have a better chance of gaining
the ability to control their breathing problems. With the
help of yogic breathing exercises, it is possible to
control an attack of severe shortness of breath.

High Blood Pressure

The relaxation and exercise components of yoga have a major
role to play in the treatment and prevention of high blood
pressure and hypertension. Yogic breathing and relaxation
techniques have been found to lower blood pressure and
reduce the need for high blood pressure medication in
people suffering from it.

Relief of Pain

Breathing exercises used in yoga can also reduce pain
because our muscles tend to relax when we exhale.
Lengthening the time of exhalation can help produce
relaxation and reduce tension. Awareness of breathing helps
to achieve calmer, slower respiration and help in
relaxation and body pain.

Arthritis

The easy stretches with deep breathing exercises relieve
the tension that binds up the muscles and further tighten
the joints. Yoga is relaxation and exercise rolled into one
– the perfect anti-arthritis formula.

Weight Reduction

Regular yoga practice helps in weight management because it
improves our metabolism. Its ability to reduce anxiety
helps to reduce anxious eating. Yoga deep breathing
increases oxidation or burning up of fat cells. Yogic
exercises induce more continuous and deeper breathing which
gradually burns, sometimes forcefully, many of the calories
already ingested.

Mental Performance

Experts suggest that the regular practice of breathing
through one nostril may help improve communication between
the right and left side of our brain. This increased brain
activity is associated with better performance and doctors
even suggest that yoga can enhance cognitive performance.

Mood change and Vitality

People who participate in yoga over a period of time claim
a positive effect on outlook and energy level. yogi
stretching and breathing exercises have been seen to result
in an invigorating effect on both mental and physical
energy and improved mood.

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