Happy International Yoga Day

Yoga is a 5,000 year old physical, mental and spiritual practice having its origin in India, which aims to change your physical and mental capacity quickly, while preparing the mind and body for long-term health. On December 11 in 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21st as the International Day of Yoga.

Yoga does more than burn calories and tone muscles. It’s a total mind-body workout that combines strengthening and stretching poses with deep breathing and meditation or relaxation.

There are more than 100 different asanas of yoga. Some are fast-paced and intense. Others are gentle and relaxing. The purpose of yoga is to create strength, awareness and harmony in both the mind and body

Benefits of Yoga

As it was mentioned earlier that yoga helps us physically and mentally. Physical benefits
  • Better flexibility
  • Regular yoga practice stretches and tones the body muscles and also makes them strong.
  • Improved respiration, energy and vitality.
  • Balanced metabolism
  • Sun Salutations and Kapal Bhati pranayama are some ways to help lose weight with yoga.
  • Cardio and circulatory health
  • Improved athletic performance
Our body is a continuous blend of the body, mind and spirit. An irregularity in the body affects the mind and similarly unpleasantness or restlessness in the mind can manifest as an ailment in the body. Yoga poses massage organs and strengthen muscles; breathing techniques and meditation release stress and improve immunity.

Mental benefits
  • One of the best benefits of yoga is how it helps a person manage stress, which is known to have devastating effects on the body and mind. Stress can reveal itself in many ways, including back or neck pain, sleeping problems, headaches, drug abuse, and an inability to concentrate.
  • Yoga can even help improve your relationship with your spouse, parents, friends or loved ones! A mind that is relaxed, happy and contented is better able to deal with sensitive relationship matters.
Remember, yoga is a continuous process. Keep practicing poses. The deeper you move into your yoga practice, the more interesting are its benefits.

Yoga, Benefits and Life