Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Yoga


Discover the world of yoga, the health benefits they provide. Tone your body, reduce back pain and build rock hard abs now.

A Benefit of Yoga:

Yoga is an ancient Hindu practice to keep the body flexible and attain spirituality that is brought from India.. In fact, millions of people across the globe are now aware of the health benefits of this ancient Yoga practice. This is the reason that this age-old physical art is practiced by so many and not mealy limited to Hinduism.

THE PHYSICAL BENEFITS AND IMPORTANCE OF YOGA:

Many believe that yoga helps in losing weight, increase appetite and rejuvenate you body. This is absolutely true. However, there is more to yoga than just weight loss and body rejuvenation. The basic importance of yoga is that it helps a person keeping abreast of his or her subconscious mind and offers him or her, the rejuvenation of mind and spirit. This ancient art brings wellness as much as physical training. It can relieve the daily tensions and anxiety and bring relief to stress and other emotional problems. Now, this is not possible with other kinds of physical activities and exercises. Most of the physical exercises, muscle training programs and body building techniques, offer physical gain to an individual. Many health professionals believe that the benefits of yoga include spine health and lowers back pain, it will improve muscle tone as well as reduce stress all the while improving sleep.
However, with yoga therapy, you can easily discover  your inner self, be aware of what is actually going on in your mind and clear your mind of all the accumulated clutter.

Starting out in yoga:

Once you have decided to get started with yoga exercises and postures it is very important to consult a doctor prior to starting yoga poses for the first time. Pranayam is considered to be the basic and one of the best exercises to start yoga. Since we all have mixed physical abilities we need to improve our posture through yoga moving poses. some exercises target different areas of your body at different strength levels. This is a progression that a person will naturally develop as his skills and exercises dedication grows with time.

Here are certain steps that you need to keep in mind, prior to starting yoga exercises:

Focus on a yoga type: Here, you need to do a little study. There are several types of yoga exercises and you must consider a type that suits your body, overall personality and physical fitness. Try concentrating on certain yoga styles and then decide one for yourself. Hatha yoga would be beneficial to you if you are a novice. There are several benefits of Hatha yoga and one of the major one a is that it is easy to perform and would benefit your health a great deal.

 Look out for a class: This is an important step. You must find the best yoga class located in your area and make sure that the instructors are highly proficient and experienced that he has personal training certification and is a certified personal trainer. In order to find the best yoga lessons Try reading newspapers, magazines and websites and you can easily decide for the best.

 Equipment: There is nothing that you require to bring along with you to the yoga class, on the first day. However, you need to put on some comfortable clothing that is also breathable.

 Expectations: Make sure that there is a mat for each student that is placed facing the front of the room and the teacher must start the class by chanting one thrice. There are certain warm-up poses followed by vigorous poses, stretches and final relaxation.


 Unavailability of a yoga class: In case, you are unable to find a yoga class near your area, do not worry you can easily catch hold of some of the best yoga books, videos and DVDs in stores and also various libraries. Try purchasing or hiring a beginner’s video  or DVD or even a book in order to benefit yourself for the benefits of yoga in the comfort of your own home. If you do start at home you will need to purchase a yoga mat. 

Precautions: Never ever indulge in a big meal just before a class. It would be best if you have a light meal around 2-3 hours prior to your yoga session. Avoid consuming water during the session. However, it would be good to have some before and after the class. You must not wear shoes or sock during the session. Try going through the yoga etiquette prior to the class. Inform the instructor that it is your first class.   The above-mentioned instructions would help you a great deal in offering encouragement when you plan on starting yoga exercises or on your first session.

The effects of yoga on the human body:

Yoga has many positive effects on human body. In fact, there are several health benefits of yoga. Yoga is a perfect practice to benefit your physical as well as mental health. Several scientific researches and studies have proved that yoga can help the body function well and the person who practices it also experiences good health, harmony and happiness in his life.
Yoga can enhance the strength of muscles and endurance of respiratory system. It also has a potential to increase  flexibility in the body, tendons and restore a healing mental balance. People suffering from arthritis or joint pain can experience a significant decrease in pain by practicing yoga. One can also increase energy levels via this effective physical exercise. Here are some of the other important health benefits of practicing yoga.

 Balances the heart rate.

 Work towards stabilizing the nervous system.

 Can balance hormone levels.

 Its a great way to normalize digestion.

 Yoga enhances joint range of motion.

 It increases energy level.

 Strengthen immune system.

Helpful in improving cardiovascular efficiency.

 Enhances eye-hand coordination.

 Helpful in restoring sleep.

 Will promote muscle mass and improve body toning.
 Teaches, steady breathing, relaxation breathing and other breathing techniques.

There are numerous benefits of yoga and this age old spiritual exercise would help you keep your body health and function properly.

Physical improvements expected from practicing yoga:

Now, you must be wondering how exactly does yoga help your body and what physical improvements you would be observing, when you would have practice yoga for some time. In case, you are a fresher, you would be starting off with the Hatha yoga. You would be amazed to know that the practice of Hatha yoga is almost five thousand years old and it has numerous benefits on your body.
As per a study conducted by the researcher from the University of Wisconsin, La cross, by Dawn Boehde and John Porcari have proved that the yoga group that practiced Hatha yoga and participated in the 55-minute session, has attained immense health improvement. Hatha yoga was beginner-friendly. It offered great relaxation to the body of the students and by the end of seven weeks, these was a considerable physical improvement observed by the instructors. Hatha yoga actually increased the body flexibility, and the endurance as well as the muscular strength was boosted.
The chest and abdominal strength was enhanced. Yoga is actually designed to offer health benefits to an individual. In addition to offering health benefits, it also offer great amount of relaxation to the mind and flexibility to the body. Yoga has the capacity to burn around 237 calories within 50 minutes. It also boosts the heart rate by 60-62 percent of the heart rate max (HR max) with just a mild practice. Hence, yoga practice is very necessary to increase physical fitness and offering mental relaxation to the body.

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