Yoga
is a form of alternative medicinal practice that originates from India. It
combines the disciplines of physical and mental to achieve inner peace,
relaxation and stress and anxiety management. Yoga has many styles, forms and
intensities. It depends on people’s personal preferences to practice which type
of yoga but most people benefit from any style of yoga.
There
are numerous health benefits of yoga and this may includes:
Yoga
can improve fitness. Practicing yoga will help in improving balance,
flexibility, and core strength of the body. The body becomes stronger and
reliant that it would be less likely to be injured in other physical activities
or daily activities
Many
people attest to this. Yoga definitely helps conquering health conditions such
as cancer, back pain, depression, anxiety and insomnia by improving sleep
problems, fatigue and mood. Yoga also reduces heart rate and blood pressure
which is good for the body in the long run.
With
obesity being the main topics nowadays, people always take the shortcut by
dieting to lose weight. However, yoga can actually help people who are obese or
have binge-eating disorder through healthy lifestyle changes by controlling
appetite and lose weight through regular yoga practices. No more yo-yo diet.
Today’s
environment involves chaotic and irregular schedules that could make a sane
person go crazy. However, yoga can help release the stress and helps the mind
concentrate. It draws the mind to calmness and help balance out the stress of
meeting day-to-day needs.