oga is a 5,000 year-old practice that has many instructional approaches in yoga techniques and many different schools that train different yoga styles. Although the instructional approaches to yoga may vary and the postures and their sequence may vary, the ultimate goal for yoga is to unite the body and spirit. Here are five reasons why you should try yoga.
1.Yoga reduces stress. Yoga practice encourages relaxation which means you're lowering your levels of the stress hormone cortisol in your body. Related benefits may include lowering blood pressure and heart rate, a reduction in the symptoms of anxiety, depression, fatigue, asthma and insomnia.
2. Yoga provides pain relief. Studies demonstrate that practicing yoga positions and meditation reduced pain among people with cancer, multiple sclerosis, hypertension and other chronic conditions. Some report that yoga also relieves emotional pain such as grief.
3. Yoga helps people breathe better by teaching slower, deeper breaths. This can improve your lung health and function, encourage relaxation and increase the amount of oxygen available to the body.
4. Yoga helps increase and maintains your flexibility by increasing range of motion and reducing joint aches and pain. You may not be able to touch your toes during your first few yoga classes but with practice you will be able to do more poses as you stretch your muscles and relieve tension. Yoga also helps improve body alignment resulting in better posture and helping to relieve back, neck, joint and muscle problems.
5. Yoga also increases your strength, both the big and small muscle groups. The positions also help to build bone density through weight-bearing postures.
Each reason is enough to encourage you to find out more about yoga. All 5 reasons call for immediate action.
To your success at a well balanced mind and body.
Ruthan Brodsky
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