Benefits Of Yoga

Flexibility:
Yoga has positions that act upon the various joints of the body including those joints that are never really on the ‘radar screen’ let alone exercised.

Toning:
Muscles that have become flaccid, weak or slothy are stimulated repeatedly to shed excess flab and flaccidity.

Self-Awareness
Yoga strives to increase self-awareness on both a physical and psychological level. Patients who study yoga learn to induce relaxation and then to use the technique whenever pain appears.

Stress Relief:
Yoga encourages relaxation and release of muscle tension and can ease symptoms of anxiety, fatigue and insomnia.

Better Body Alignment and Posture:
Attention to body alignment (awareness) often results in better posture. This often helps reduce neck, back, moint and muscle problems.

Arthritis
Yoga's gentle exercises designed to provide relief to needed joints had been Yoga's slow-motion movements and gentle pressures reach deep into troubled joints. In addition, the easy stretches in conjunction with deep breathing exercises relieve the tension that binds up the muscles and further tightens the joints.

Menopause
Women who practice yoga have a different, more positive experience. Not only do hatha yoga postures and breathing practices balance the endocrine system, they also serve to stabilize mood and adjust attitude, as well.
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