YOGA:A GOOD WAY TO STAY FIT

In this modern world our environment is fighting for survival and we humans suffer from more and more physical and psychological stress, we cannot always control them but can learn how to face them and to this end Yoga is as good an invention it has ever been. The aim of yoga is attainment of physical, mental and spiritual health. 

Yoga has gained tremendous popularity in the last few years, it is the most rapidly growing health movement despite it was developed thousands of year’s ago.Age, religion, caste; sex is no bar with breathing and meditation techniques.The most important benefit of yoga is the physical and mental therapy, the very essence of yoga lies in attaining mental peace, improved concentration power and a relaxed state of living.

Yoga is a methodical effort to attain perfection through the control of the different elements of human nature, physical and psychical. yoga has two firms bases. They are the physical and the spiritual. On the physical side, there are asanas, kriyas, bandhs and pranayams, besides the mudras. A proper practice of these exercise prepares the body and the mind of yoga practitioner to make spiritual progress.

The spiritual aspect is basically the control of the mind and self-development, but also with direct control of the inner energy, i.e., pranayam. Pranayam is one of the most important features of yoga. This is mainly the regulation of ‘breath’ when one inhales air from one part of the nose and exhales it from the other.

There are many health benefits from yoga, itcan relieve many common and life threatening illness such as arthritis, chronic fatigue,diabities,asthma high blood pressure ,back pain ,weight reduction, obesity ,common cold , constipation ,skin problems  and respiration problems. Yoga also helps in rehabilitation of new and old injuries.

Regular yoga practice creates mental clarity and calmness, increase body awareness, relives stress patterns, relaxes the minds and sharpens concentration. Yoga provides tools through which one can cope which the pain and helps counter with the feeling of helplessness and depression. Yogic breathing and stretching exercises have been seen to result in better mental and physical energy and improved mood. The mental performance also increases with yoga and doctors suggest that yoga can enhance cognitive performance.

When you achieve that yogic sprit you can begin knowing yourself at peace. If one succeeds in achieving skills which provide health and self confidence, one can justly raise his self esteem simply by observing himself living the improved result as an achieved fact. Yogic therapy leads to increase self knowledge, this is not just the practical knowledge this includes knowledge pertaining to grasping something.  

Today yoga is thoroughly globalised phenomenon, yoga has taken the world by storm and is gaining popularity day by day!  


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