Yoga is not About
It is About self acceptance.
BENEFITS OF YOGA
Yoga transforms your mind and your body opening you up to opportunity
Better flexibility & posture
Regular yoga practice, stretches and tones the body muscles and also makes them strong. It also helps improve your body posture when you stand, sit, sleep or walk. This would, in turn, help relieve you of body ache due to incorrect posture.
In order to maximize your effort for reducing joint and body pain, consider practicing yoga at least three times per week for best results.
Yoga’s incorporation of meditation and breathing can help improve a person’s mental well-being. “Regular yoga practice creates mental clarity and calmness; increases body awareness; relieves chronic stress patterns; relaxes the mind; centres attention; and sharpens concentration. Body- and self-awareness are particularly beneficial because they can help with early detection of physical problems.
An irregularity in the body affects the mind and similarly unpleasantness or restlessness in the mind can manifest as an ailment in the body Yoga poses help massage organs and strengthens muscles; while breathing techniques and meditation release stress and improve immunity.
Living with greater awareness
The mind is constantly involved in activity – swinging from the past to the future but never staying in the present. By simply being aware of this tendency of the mind, we can save ourselves from getting stressed or worked up. Yoga and pranayama help create that awareness and bring the mind back to the present moment, where it can stay happy and focused.
Little do we realize that peace can be found right within us, Yoga is also one of the best ways to calm a disturbed mind.
Protection from injury
Aside from the physical benefits, one of the best benefits of yoga is how it in managing stress, which is known to have devastating effects on the body and mind. “Stress can reveal itself in many ways, including back or neck pain, sleeping problems, headaches, drug abuse, and an inability to concentrate, “Yoga can be very effective in developing coping skills and reaching a more non-judging positive outlook on life. Yoga postures, pranayama and meditation are effective techniques to release stress.
Yoga can even help improve your relationship with your loved ones. A mind that is relaxed, happy and contented is better able to deal with sensitive relationship matters.
A few minutes of yoga everyday along with 1o minutes meditation boosts our energy level and keeps us fresh.
The deeper you go into your yoga practice, the more profound will be its benefits.
Noticeable increased muscle strength and tone
Improved respiration, energy and vitality
Detoxifies the body
Maintaining a balanced metabolism and nervous system
Cardio and circulatory health
Improved athletic performance