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Stress & Health Management through Yoga

Various techniques in yoga have been documented to help in stress management. These techniques work at an individual level and also at a collective level to ensure that there is significant respite from the condition of extreme stress. They help in relieving the physical as well as the psychological negative effects of the problem by ensuring a healthy and productive response to the stress stimuli. 

Yoga can have a positive effect on the parasympathetic nervous system and aid in lowering heartbeat and blood pressure. This reduces the demand of the body for oxygen. Yoga can also improve digestion, strengthen immunity, help in effective elimination of toxic wastes and also increase lung capacity. Yoga reduces the chances of stress culminating in anxiety and depression.

The practice of yoga involves forming various body postures, slow stretching movements, breathing exercises that can at times lead to progressive relaxation, imagery and meditation. All these specific techniques are meant for a specific purpose and they culminate into a higher awareness of what is happening to oneself during stress; emotionally, physically, mentally and energetically. One develops an understanding of each part of the body by being more aware of it and therefore ensures a holistic therapy.

Yoga for Diabetes

Diabetes is a metabolic condition that occurs when the body is unable to produce the hormone insulin which is necessary for converting sugar into energy. It also occurs when the body cannot use the insulin it produces in the proper manner. When the sugar cannot be broken down, it accumulates in the blood and leads to symptoms such as weight loss, fatigue, excessive thirst and other complications. Yoga is extremely beneficial for managing diabetes. 

Yogic treatment of diabetes is directed to the underlying causes of the disease as well as to its symptoms. It is based on the internal readjustment of the whole organism through stimulation of the body’s own regenerative process. Cells of pancreas are rejuvenated and pranic energy is restored in mid-digestive tract.

Yoga for Arthritis/Rheumatism

Arthritis is inflammation of the synovial joints of the body and is one of the most common of all disabling diseases, afflicting an estimated one out of ten people, 13 million in the USA alone. Arthritis is a crippling degenerative process which can eventuate in irreversible destruction of the joint. Yoga offers a way to arrest this process. 

The slow, controlled movements associated with yoga help you build strength by using your body’s own weight to boost joint strength. Arthritis sufferers who regularly engage in yoga sessions that incorporate deep breathing, relaxation and meditation experience a reduction in swelling in otherwise swollen joints. Yogic management of arthritis is all-embracing and effectively complements standard medical measures.

Yoga for Common Digestive Disorders

A great many disorders are connected directly or indirectly with the malfunctioning of the digestive system. It is said that disorders of the digestive system are the root cause of many of our modern day diseases such as heart disease, cancer, arthritis etc. some authorities go so far as to claim that a poor digestion and a bad stomach are the root cause of all our problems. A healthy digestive system allows one to be cheerful, happy and optimistic. 

Yoga is the key to a relaxed, efficient, harmonious digestive system. It is the way by which the body systems can be tuned to a state of good health. A strong digestive system means energy and vitality, it reflects a positive lifestyle.

Yoga for Weight Reduction & Management

Yoga is an effective way to gain and maintain a healthy body. An increased weight not only has physical hazard but often subjects an obese person to humiliation from peers, deprives one from living life to its fullest. So severe is the problem that World health organization has now started awareness programs for control of  obesity among young as it has been doing for the under nourished. 

From ages, the art and science of Yoga has been a popular and reliable method of fat reduction and weight control. Yoga is also a preferred method for weight reduction as it is sans any kind of side effect. Yoga directly influences the metabolism of body by acting upon several hormonal secretions in the body. Apart from weight reduction, yoga also helps in achieving a better muscle tone and vitality.

Yoga for High Blood Pressure

Yoga can be a very beneficial therapy to lower high blood pressure naturally. A gentle, soothing practice of yoga stretches settles mind and body and reduces stress. Yoga postures tend to switch on the parasympathetic nervous system, responsible for rest and repair, and turn off the sympathetic nervous system, used for the fight-or-flight stress response. Increased parasympathetic activity has a beneficial effect on many systems in the body, and allows the nervous system to become more balanced, freeing up the body’s inherent healing response.