2. HEALTH BENEFITS
Improved flexibility is one of the first and most important
of yoga, regular practice of yoga gradually improves flexibility
and impossible yoga poses will become possible.
1. Improve Flexibility :
3. 2. Builds muscle strength:
Yoga helps to build a strong muscle and also
protect the human body conditions like arthritis
and back pain.
4. 3. Posture Aesthetic sense:
Poor posture can cause back, neck, and other
muscle and joint problems. Yoga sublimates the
aesthetic abilities of a human being by taking these to
a higher level of thought.
5. 4. Prevent cartilage & joint
This can help prevent
degenerative arthritis or
mitigate disability by
squeezing and soaking areas
of cartilage that normally
aren¡¯t used. Joint cartilage is
like a sponge
6. 5. Protects Spine
If regularly practiced a well balanced yoga with plenty of
backbends, forward bends, and twists, it helps the disks supple.
7. 6. Increases blood flow
Practice of yoga can helps circulation to hand and feet
and gets more oxygen to cells. Yoga also boosts level of
hemoglobin and red blood cells, which carry oxygen to the
tissues.
8. 7. Ups Heart rate
Regular practices of yoga get the heart rate in to aerobic
range; it lowers the heart attack and can relieve depression.
9. 8. Drops blood pressure
Yoga practice really helps for reduce high blood
pressure, few studies of people with hypertension, published in
British medical journal the Lancet, compared the effects of
Savasana (Corpse Pose) with simple lying on a couch.
10. 9. Finds a healthy lifestyle
A regular practice gets
moving burns calories, and the
spiritual and emotional dimensions
of your practice may encourage
addressing any eating and
weighting problems on a deeper
level. Yoga may also inspire to
become a more conscious eater.
11. 10. Lower s blood sugar
Regular practice of yoga
gets blood sugar levels down,
and decrease risk of diabetic
complications such as heart
attack, kidney failure, and
blindness.
12. 11. Helps focus
An important component of yoga is focusing on the
present. Studies have found that regular yoga practice
improves coordination, reaction time, memory, and even IQ
scores.
13. 12. Relaxes systems
Yoga encourages relaxing, slow breathing technique,
and focusing on the present, shifting the balance from the
sympathetic nervous system to the parasympathetic nervous
system. The latter is calming and restorative; it lowers
breathing and heart rates, decreases blood pressure, and
increases blood flow to the intestines and reproductive organs.
14. 13. Improve balance
Regular practice of yoga improves the balance of
body. People with bad posture or dysfunctional movement
patterns usually have poor perception, which has been
linked to knee problems and back pain.
15. 14. Prevents IBS and other digestive problems
Ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation-all of
these can be exacerbated by stress. So if you stress less
you¡¯ll suffer less. Yoga, like any physical exercise, can ease
constipation and theoretically lower the risk of colon cancer.
Yogis suspect that twisting poses may be beneficial in
getting waste to move through the system.
16. 15. Helps serve others
Karma yoga (service to others) is integral to
yogic philosophy. And while you may not be inclined to serve
others, your health might improve if you do.
17. 16. Keeps allergies and viruses at bay
Kriyas or cleansing practices, are another element of
yoga. They include everything from rapid breathing exercises
to elaborate internal cleansings of the intestines. Practice of
Jala nethi, removes pollen and viruses from the nose, keeps
mucus from building up, and helps drains the sinuses.
18. 17. Benefits relationships
A regular yoga practice helps develop
friendliness, compassion, and greater equanimity. Along with
yogic philosophy's emphasis on avoiding harm to others,
telling the truth, and taking only what you need, this may
improve many of your relationships.
19. 18. Helps keep you drug free
Studies of people with asthma, high blood
pressure, Type II diabetes (formerly called adult-onset
diabetes), and obsessive-compulsive disorder have shown
that yoga helped them lower their dosage of medications and
sometimes get off them entirely.
20. 19. Betters your bone health
?It's well documented that weight-bearing exercise
strengthens bones and helps ward off osteoporosis.
?Many postures in yoga require that you lift your own
weight. And some, like Downward- and Upward-Facing
Dog, help strengthen the arm bones, which are
particularly vulnerable to osteoporotic fractures.
21. 20. Releases tension in your limbs:
?Do you ever notice yourself holding the telephone or a
steering wheel with a death grip or scrunching your face
when staring at a computer screen?
?These unconscious habits can lead to chronic tension,
muscle fatigue, and soreness in the wrists, arms,
shoulders, neck, and face, which can increase stress and
worsen your mood.
22. 21. Boosts your immune system functionality
?Asana and pranayama probably improve immune
function, but, so far, meditation has the strongest
scientific support in this area.
?It appears to have a beneficial effect on the functioning of
the immune system, boosting it when needed.
23. 22. Increases your self-esteem
?Many of us suffer from chronic low self-esteem. If you
handle this negatively¡ªtake drugs, overeat, work too
hard, sleep around¡ªyou may pay the price in poorer
health physically, mentally, and spiritually.
?If you take a positive approach and practice yoga, you'll
sense, initially in brief glimpses and later in more
sustained views, that you're worthwhile or, as yogic
philosophy teaches, that you are a manifestation of the
Divine.