So many people today getting into Yoga!.....Yoga benefits

29 Jan2009

Why are so many people today getting into Yoga! Regular Yoga practice rewards you with greater health, vitality and balance. In the east Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years and India itself is the birthplace of most forms of common Yoga, and in most Asian countries which have their own form of yoga known under various names.

Yoga concentrates on creating harmony between the mind and body. The basis of under which the practice of yoga was established was to attain physical, mental and spiritual strength for the body.

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. The relaxation and exercise components of yoga have a major role to play in the treatment and prevention of high blood pressure.

Yoga is believed to reduce pain by helping the brain's pain center regulate the gate-controlling mechanism located in the spinal cord and the secretion of natural painkillers in the body. Regular yoga practice can help in weight management.

Benefits of Yoga:-

• Brings down stress and enhances powers of relaxation

• Boosts physical strength, stamina and flexibility

• Gives greater powers of concentration and self control

• Helps in rehabilitation of old and new injuries

• Intensifies tolerance to pain and enhancing mental clarity

• Boosts functioning of the immune system

• Enhances posture and muscle tone

• Improves blood circulation

• Results in healthy, glowing skin

• Cleanses and improves overall organ functioning

• Bestows peace of mind and a more positive outlook to life

• Infuses a sense of balance and internal harmony

• Energy level increases

• Concentration improves

• Low risk of injuring muscles and ligaments

• Balance improves

• Integrated functioning of body parts improves

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