Yoga Therapy And Its Benefits
Every day we wake up having stressed or rested, taxed, or replenished our minds and bodies in different ways. Yoga therapy recognizes that relief of symptoms is just one facet of the healing process and that not all illnesses and diseases can be cured. However, it provides a methodology to heal lives, reduce pain, and stress. Yoga is all about posture, mindfulness, focus, breath, and rest.
Here are some undeniable and outstanding health benefits of yoga:
1. Improves Your Flexibility
Inflexibility in muscles and connective tissue causes poor posture. One of the first and most obvious benefits of yoga is improving flexibility. During your first class, you probably won’t be able to touch your toes, but never mind do a backbend. But if you stick with it, you’ll notice a gradual improvement, and eventually, impossible poses will become possible for you. The aches and pains will start to disappear.
2. Builds Muscle Strength
Strong muscles can do more than looking good. They protect us from conditions such as arthritis, back pain, and help prevent falls in elderly people. If you just went to the gym and lifted weights, you might build strength but at the expense of flexibility. Yoga will help you to balance it with flexibility through building strength.
3. Perfects Your Posture
Poor posture can cause back, neck, and joint problems. As you slump, your body may recompense by flattening the normal inward curve in your neck and lower back. This can cause degenerative arthritis of the spine and pain in the muscle. Yoga will help you to perfect your posture and get rid of certain pains.
4. Increases your blood flow:
The relaxation exercises you learn in yoga can help your blood circulation, especially in your hands and feet. It boosts the levels of hemoglobin and red blood cells, which carry oxygen to the tissues. It also thins the blood by making platelets less sticky by cutting the level of clot-promoting proteins in the blood. It will also help to reduce blood pressure.
5. Helps You Focus
Regular yoga practice helps you to improve coordination, reaction time, memory, and even IQ scores. People who practice Transcendental Meditation demonstrate the ability to solve problems and acquire knowledge and recall information better.
6. Mental Satisfaction
Yoga gives relief from the hustle and bustle of modern life. It helps you to sleep deeper. You’ll be less tired and stressed and less likely to have accidents. It slows down the mental sensitivity of frustration, regret, anger, fear, and desire that can cause stress. It gives you peace of mind.
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At PIES Fitness and Yoga Studio, we have several types of Yoga Therapy for seniors and juniors. We believe that everyone should be able to experience the benefits of yoga. You can broaden your skills and knowledge about the correct poses that are needed to strengthen your body. We are always there for you!