yoga  

Hi Prabhat,
I use to do yoga regularly but because of yoga i started eating more and my weight gradually increased. so i stopped doing it. Any reasons why did this happen?
Thanks and Regards,
Prerna Seth.

i havent tried it yet, but ill bet its good, hey welcome to mylot

Hi. What do you know about Yoga? Are you a yoga teacher? Can you tell me how can Yoga help in preventing early age deaths?

Here are the benefits of yoga for the body:

Flexibility
When some people think of yoga, they imagine such as fitness, and they feel too old, and not fit to do yoga. One part of yoga, called asanas that work safely for streching your muscles. This process releases the lactic acid that usually causes stiffness, tension, pain and fatigue. In addition, yoga also increases the range of motion in joints and increase the lubrication in the joints.

Stretch to yoga not only to muscle but to all the cells of your body. In a study found that there is increased flexibility by 35% after 8 months of doing yoga. The greatest advantage is the flexibility in the shoulders and body.

Strength
Some styles of yoga such as ashtanga and power yoga is the most powerful than others. Practicing any of these styles will help increase your muscle. Other yoga styles such as lyengar yoga, which focuses only on small movements and a more precise position control, can improve strength and stamina.

Several other styles like: downward dog, upward dog, and the plank, build upper body strength. This becomes important at a certain age. Style stand, especially if you spiked on how long you breathe, can build muscle strength in harmstrings, quadriceps and abdominal. If done correctly, almost all of these styles to build core strength in abdominal muscles.

Posture
With the increased flexibility and strength will result in a better posture. Number of standing and sitting style will develop core strength. Another benefit of yoga is to raise awareness of ourselves. High awareness of this gives you a warning if you slouch or slumping so you can instantly adjust the attitude.

Breathing
Breathing is also included in the yoga that will increase the capacity of our lungs. This can improve the appearance and performance. But, typical of yoga is not focused on aerobic fitness, such as walking or cycling. Most of the style of yoga emphasizes deep and the length of your breath. It also stimulates the relaxation response which will contrast with the increase of the stress response.

Reduce stress and more calm
Some styles of yoga use special meditation techniques to create a mind that often the stress became more calm. Other yoga styles also depend on deep breathing techniques to focus the mind, which makes the mind becomes calm.

Some of the benefits of yoga, anti-stress associated with biochemical, such as a decline in catecholamines, the hormones produced by the adrenal glands in response to stress. Lower level neurtransmitter hormone, dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine and create a sense of calm. Several studies have focused on improving the hormone oxytocin is the hormone associated with feeling relaxed and connected to other people, allowing why so many romance that began at the yoga studio.

Concentration and a better mood
Almost every student who followed a yoga class feeling more happy and satisfied. Recent research explores the effects of yoga on depression, the benefits are an increased flow of oxygen to the brain. Yoga is also recommended as a therapy to relieve symptoms of obsessive and disorder.

Healthier heart
Perhaps one of the benefits of yoga are the most studied is the effect on heart disease. Yoga has long been known to lower blood pressure and slow heart rate. The benefits of slowing the heart rate is very significant in people with hypertension, heart disease and stroke. Yoga is a key component for heart disease program that was designed by Dean Ornish, MD. This is the first program for the treatment of heart disease with lifestyle through diet compared with surgery. Yoga has also been associated with
decrease in cholesterol and triglyceride levels and in improving immune system function.

Giving effect to the medical condition
Yoga has become popular in the western world, medical researchers also began to study the therapeutic benefits of yoga, called integrative yoga or therapy with IYT. It's used as additional medical care for certain conditions from clinical depression to heart disease. Another benefit of yoga is for chronic medical conditions, such as relieving symptoms of asthma, back pain and arthritis.