Benefits of Yoga
By Tina James
Yoga focuses on harmony between mind and
body. Yoga derives its philosophy from Indian metaphysical beliefs. The word
yoga comes from Sanskrit language and means union or merger. The ultimate aim
of this philosophy is to strike a balance between mind and body and attain self-
enlightenment. To achieve this, yoga uses movement, breath, posture, relaxation
and meditation in order to establish a healthy, lively and balanced approach to
life.
Though the exact origins of Yoga are unknown but
Yoga is considered to be the oldest physical discipline in existence. Yoga, thus
symbolizes balance in every area of life. In the earlier times, the rationale of
the Yoga postures and breathing exercises was to bring stability and relaxation so
practitioners could prepare for the rigors of meditation, sitting still and alert
for long periods of time. In modern context also Yoga can play an important role
in maintaining a fine balance between work and healthy mind.
There is a very famous concept in Yoga philosophy.
According to it a person's age is determined by the flexibility of his spine, not
the number of years he has lived. Yoga helps in slowing down the aging process by
providing elasticity to the spine, firming up the skin, removing tension from the
body, strengthening the abdominal muscles, eliminating the likelihood of a double
chin, improving the quality of loose arm muscles, correcting poor posture and so on.
Thus, of the numerous benefits of Yoga, anti-ageing is an important one.
There are many benefits by adding yoga into your
daily or weekly routine; these include improving balance, strength and flexibility.
One of the great benefits to women is the anti aging factor, which yoga can play an
important part.
Yoga also helps in making you feel younger with
increased mental competence. If there is any key to longer life it is none other
than Yoga. Longer life often results from following Yogic practices. Yoga possesses
the power to fight the internal as well as the external diseases and dangers. After
that it's very natural for an individual to live longer. Hatha Yoga mainly aims at
making people live long. Some of the anti-ageing properties of Yoga are long life,
increased resistance to diseases, increased vitality, rejuvenation of glands, looking
young, improvement in vision and hearing and many other mental and emotional benefits.
The inverted Yoga postures often convert gray hair back to its natural color, delaying
the onset of gray hair, thereby making a person look younger.
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I wish you all the best on your yoga adventure!
To your health,
Thomas T :)
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