YOGA - A timeless effective regime

To develop a healthy body and healthy mind one needs to practice yoga regularly. Yoga is a practice that combines the body, breath, and mind to balance and energize the complete person. It enhances your flexibility, boosts your mental fitness, improves your balance. This practice consists of breathing exercises, physical postures as well as meditation to improve general well being. Yoga has a lot of benefits such as:

■ IMPROVES FLEXIBILITY

One of the best physical benefits of yoga is that it improves your flexibility. This not only improves the quality of your day to day life but also reduces your risk of injury when you exercise.

■IMPROVES BALANCE

Many yoga moves involve holding your body in positions which test your balance to the limit. As a result, your balance naturally improves with regular yoga. This improved balance enhances the co-ordination between your brain and your muscles, increases your core stability and helps you isolate individual muscles more effectively.

OTHER BENEFITS ARE:

■INCREASES STRENGTH

■IMPROVES POSTURE

■IMPROVES LUNG FUNCTION

■CULTIVATES MINDFULNESS

■ENCOURAGES SPIRITUALITY

■HELPS WITH ANXIETY

■TREATS DEPRESSION

■DECREASES STRESS

■IMPROVES MEMORY

■IMPROVES SELF-ESTEEM

■STABILIZES MOOD

■IMPROVES MENTAL CLARITY

■INCREASES FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION

■BOOSTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

■IMPROVES SLEEP

■HELPS HEART HEALTH

■REDUCES HEADACHES AND MIGRAINES

■REDUCES INFLAMMATION

■REDUCES BLOOD PRESSURE

■LOWERS PULSE RATE

■REDUCES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS

■IMPROVES DIGESTION

■REDUCES CHRONIC PAIN

■RELIEVES BACK PAIN

■IMPORTANT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CANCER PATIENTS

■AIDS WEIGHT LOSS

■INCREASES ENERGY LEVELS