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3. Stress reliever
4. Inner peace
While there are many sports
or exercises which has
benefits, but YOGA has
benefits up and beyond any
exercise or sport. Wondering
why it is essential for each
one of us, irrespective of the
age, Let us find out.
Call it as a weight loss
method or strong and flexible
body exercises or even ways
to have peace of mind and
glowing skin -- Yoga has
more than just this to offer as
a whole. Whatever you may
be looking at to keep healthy,
yoga is the key. There are
many people who consider
yoga as just asanas (poses),
however, its benefits are only
perceived at the body level
and we miss the fact that yoga
offers to unite the body, mind
and breath as a whole for
living healthy. Having perfect
abs and being able to run a
marathon is not it. Your body
must be able to coordinate
with your mind and help you
through the journey of life in a
calmer, happier and fulfilling
way.
Benefits of Yoga:
1. All-around body and mental
fitness
2. Weight loss and feel good
factor
5. Improved overall immunity
6. Greater awareness of life and
surroundings
7. Able to have better
relationships
8. Increased energy and
enthusiasm towards life
9. Better flexibility & posture
10. Better intuitions
Yes, having a perfect figure and
building muscles is not enough
to keep healthy overall. Being
healthy is also not just the
absence of diseases but also
being able to enjoy the life and
lead a joyful and loving life. This
is exactly where yoga helps,
the postures and breathing
techniques along with some
meditation keep you vibrant and
mentally healthy giving a holistic
fitness package. Some more
added benefits of yoga:
* Improves our health
* Gives us mental strength
* Improves our physical strength
* Protection us from injury
* Detoxifies our body
Yoga works like a charm! It gets
your mind in the right direction
and lets you stay alert the whole
day. Helps you focus on your
work, studies or sports. There is
a notion that people share
saying “Yoga is for elders”.
But no! Especially the
kids show more creativity
and concentration with
motivation to achieve more
in studies. The main reason
is it relieves you from all
the worldly stress and you
start picking up the interest
in living overall. Kids have
more respect towards life
and interest in doing their
own chores too.
Very importantly, it helps
you tame your mind! No
other exercise or sports will
have this one huge benefit
of Yoga does! A human
mind is the most curious one
and we all know it, thoughts
are never ending. The mind
never stops thinking and
it is highly challenging to
tame it or bring it into control
when we need! We do not
utilize time and thus tend to
get tired and irritated more
easily. We are vulnerable
to much such unwanted
negativity and do exactly
what we do not want to do
sometimes. Be it control in
eating what we shouldn’t
or buying something that
we might not need. This
is the reason why we face
a lot of problems at our
work too! Children lose
interest in studies, traveling
and wandering in their
own dream world, getting
distracted by petty things
and leading to unsatisfactory
performance academically.
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