The Precepts
Yoga is taken as a physical remedy for many problems and especially for people, who tend to suffer from different health related problems like pain, stress, fatigue, sleeping disorder and other similar issues, yoga is perfect solution. It just needs a bit of practice and patience to see the results and initially, you can face some problems but as the time passes, you will learn the art of doing exercises properly and will start to relax after doing them. Following are the few advantages which you can get from yoga exercises.
Increasing Flexibility
Getting a flexible body is dream of almost every person but it is very tough to attain certain level of flexibility without proper exercise routine. All the exercises of yoga are based to increase stamina, flexibility and length of your muscles. I have seen people who started yoga when they were not even able to touch their foot toes but after some practice, they were able to bend their back completely without any trouble to touch their toes. Not only this but if you observe different poses of yoga then, you will know that it emphasis on certain parts of body which are almost ignored in daily routine but yoga exercises get these parts activated and makes them flexible to work.
Increased Use of Joints, Ligaments and Tendons
As I mentioned above that yoga increases flexibility and it is because of that long research of yoga positions. Every position is well-thought and well-conceived that you can activate your those parts of the body which are normally ignored for example, shoulder are a part of our body which can change our whole posture but we seldom do any exercise or certain movement which involved shoulders. In yoga, on the other hand, there are special postures which give stress and relax shoulder particularly and ultimately you make your shoulders strong and flexible.
Increased Strength and Weight Management
Yoga exercises help you in increasing the overall strength of all your body parts including your bones. This increased strength increases support for your whole skeleton. This is a great way to achieve a healthy and toned body. It not only increases the overall strength of your body but it also helps you in maintain your weigh because you have to practice different postures every day and in those postures, if your weight increases, you will notice it in very timely manner.
Improved Blood Circulation
Yoga is recommended for patients who have increased blood pressure or even low blood pressure. There are different poses and exercises for both of these purposes. It regulates blood in a more proper way because the positions which are practiced in yoga are very precise and these positions make sure that every organ of the body comes in exact position which makes the job for the heat easier. It circulates the blood more easily and more properly.
Detoxification
In yoga, muscles are stretched very gently and in some techniques massage are done and these techniques ensure proper blood flow in whole body which also works as detoxification of body. All the undesired secretions are effectively removes from the body because everything works in order.
Stress Relief and Pain Relief
Cortisol is a substance in our body which controls the amount of stress and it is seen that all the yoga exercises help to reduce the amount of cortisol in human body which ultimately limits the effects of stress on our body. In ancient times, yoga exercises were used to cure different kinds of pain and in some parts of the world, some expert yogis still practice this technique of lowing and getting rid of pains.
Focus On Present and Inner Peace
Inner peace is a thing which is very rare in this materialistic world and through practice of yoga you can get this rare quality in yourself. Along with physical health, improving mental health is also a future of yoga exercises because it creates a harmony between thoughts, mind and actions of our body. It allows you to converge and focus your thoughts on one purpose of your life. It avoids all the distractions and enables your mind to think very clearly about the success.
Yoga is Beneficial for All Age Groups
If you observe yoga techniques then, you will notice that these techniques are not specific for any age group because some of these are very easy and some of them are complex which shows that people from any age group can practice these techniques and get results. In fact, as you keep on getting older, you master the art of yoga and all the skilled and prominent masters of yoga are very old aged people who have got all the control over these techniques and they are now teaching these techniques to their ancestors. Stamina increases with practice and people who have been practicing these techniques from young ages can become master of these arts in their older age.
Better Breathing And Body Awareness
When you keep on practicing yoga for longer periods of time then, you get a sense of awareness about your body and you know exactly what is going on inside your body. This helps you in identifying any faults and disorders very early in stage which helps to get rid of that disorder early.
With better breathing techniques, you feel comfortable and there are techniques in yoga which can enable you to attain relaxation in minutes. These techniques do not require any particular environment or timing and you can execute them even in your office chair to relax yourself.