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Лена Калининград » 23 Dec 2016, 19:07
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How yoga affects health

The health benefits of yoga are quite extensive – not only does it affect the beauty of the body and the condition of the body, but it can also help you relieve tension after a hard day at work, and even bring a sense of well-being into your life. Here are the ten most significant health benefits and factors of yoga.

1. Stress relief.

Yoga helps to reduce the impact of stressful situations on your body, promotes relaxation and reduces the level of cortisol in the body. Cortisol is a hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism in the body and is involved in the development of stress reactions. The effect of cortisol is to preserve the energy resources of the body, that is, glucose and fat, deposited in the form of extra pounds.

2. Pain relief.

Daily yoga classes can help relieve pain throughout the body. Many people with very serious illnesses have seen pain relief after daily meditation.

3. Normalization of breathing.

Yoga also includes breathing exercises, as a result of which breathing becomes more even and deep, and the vital volume of the lungs increases. As a result, more oxygen will enter the body to nourish all organs, and you will learn to control yourself with the help of deep breaths and quickly calm down in stressful situations. Body flexibility
You will notice that after practicing yoga, your body will become more flexible, which will give you greater freedom of movement. Yoga stretches the tendons, ligaments and muscles, which releases the lactic acid that binds them – you will feel lightness in the whole body.

4. Muscle strengthening.

Yoga engages all muscle groups, even the deep muscles that are close to the bones, giving you strength from head to toe. Weight control.
By reducing the level of cortisol in the body, digestibility decreases and fat burning increases, with daily yoga classes, you will lose weight pretty quickly without harm to the body. The benefits of yoga, as they say, are obvious.

5.Improve blood circulation.

Yoga strengthens the walls of blood vessels and makes them more elastic. As a result, you will notice a decrease in blood pressure.

Cardiovascular training

Even the most gentle types of yoga will help strengthen the heart and increase overall endurance. The heart will learn to process more blood, therefore, the body will receive more oxygen.

6. Concentration.

Daily exercise helps develop motor memory, improve reaction and coordination, and increase the ability to concentrate. These benefits will take you far beyond the gym or home where you practice yoga.

7. Self-knowledge, harmonization.

Yoga will teach you to listen to your body and your entire body. You will easily feel your organs and know if everything is in order with them. With the help of meditations, you can achieve harmony of the spirit and body, they will work synchronously to achieve better results in all areas of life.

The health benefits of yoga cannot be overestimated. Yoga classes stimulate the cleansing of the body of toxins, which leads to the healing of the spine. Yoga promotes physical health and allows you to strengthen the psyche. In the exercises used, an ideal balance between tension and relaxation has been achieved, classes do not cause a feeling of fatigue. However, yoga suffers from a half-hearted approach, it needs to be practiced systematically and seriously, only then it will give visible results.

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