15 Benefits Of Practicing Yoga
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Of all the exercise regiments that exist today, none can touch the infinite health benefits of the 5000 year-old science of Yoga.
People who know nothing about yoga tend to think that it is about turning your body into a pretzel, and doing crazy poses, but the reality is that yoga is used to teach you to pay attention to how your body feels, how to breathe correctly and how to improve ones flexibility, energy, vitality and state of well being.
Yoga is about developing harmony between your body and mind, and has been proven to help in the healing, relieving and reversal of numerous diseases including: anaemia, anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, high blood pressure, migraines, obesity, sleep apnea, stress, insomnia and so much more.
If you haven’t discovered yoga yet, here are 15 more powerful reasons you should take it up:
1. To help in the rehabilitation of your old and new injuries
2. To help improve your blood circulation
3. To improve your sense of balance and internal harmony
4. To give yourself peace of mind
5. To improve your outlook on life
6. To improve your posture
7. To enhance your mental clarity
8. To boost your immune system
9. To reduce your stress
10. To increase your powers of relaxation
11. To improve your stamina
12. To improve your physical strength
13. To improve your flexibility
14. To improve your powers of concentration
15 To improve your powers of self control
One of the best times to do Yoga is in the early morning before breakfast, though practising Yoga in the early evening before sunset is a considered a good time as well.
It is important to never practice Yoga under the influence of drugs or alcohol, though to some this is a given.
To practice Yoga, all you need is a yoga mat, and loose fitted clothing that doesn’t restrict the limbs.
So now that you know about all the benefits of Yoga, maybe it’s time to discover it for yourself.
About The Author
Moni Wilson is an experienced Yoga and Pilates teacher and practitioner. For more information on Yoga, please visit YogaForTheNewYou.com.
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