You already know that yoga can increase strength, improve flexibility, and ease aches and pains. But what about the benefits that extend beyond your mat? Below are the Top 9 Reasons To Do Yoga
Reasons To Do Yoga #1
Stress Relief
Reasons To Do Yoga #2
Pain Relief
Yoga can ease the pain. Studies have demonstrated that practicing yoga asanas ( postures), meditation, or a combination of the two, reduced pain for people with conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, auto-immune diseases and hypertension as well as arthritis, back and neck pain, and other chronic conditions. Some practitioners report that even emotional pain can be eased through the practice of yoga.
Reasons To Do Yoga #3
Better Breathing
Yoga teaches people to take slower, deeper breaths. This helps to improve lung function, trigger the body’s relaxation response and increase the amount of oxygen available to the body.
Reasons To Do Yoga #4
Flexibility
Yoga helps to improve flexibility and mobility, increasing range of movement and reducing aches and pains. Many people can’t touch their toes during their first yoga class. Gradually they begin to use the correct muscles. Over time, the ligaments, tendons, and muscles lengthen, increasing elasticity, making more poses possible. Yoga also helps to improve body alignment resulting in better posture and helping to relieve back, neck, joint, and muscle problems.
Reasons To Do Yoga #5
Increased Strenght
Yoga asanas (postures) use every muscle in the body, helping to increase strength literally from head to toe. And, while these postures strengthen the body, they also provide an additional benefit of helping to relieve muscular tension.
Reasons To Do Yoga #6
Weight Management
Yoga (even less vigorous styles) can aid weight control efforts by reducing cortisol levels as well as by burning excess calories and reducing stress. Yoga also encourages healthy eating habits and provides a heightened sense of well-being and self-esteem.
Improved CirculationYoga helps to improve circulation and, as a result of various poses, more efficiently moves oxygenated blood to the body’s cells.
Reasons To Do Yoga #7
Cardiovascular Conditioning
Even gentle yoga practice can provide cardiovascular benefits by lowering resting heart rate, increasing endurance, and improving oxygen uptake during exercise.
Reasons To Do Yoga #8
Focus On The Present
Yoga helps us to focus on the present, to become more aware, and to help create mind-body health. It opens the way to improved concentration, coordination, reaction time, and memory.