YOGA AND HEALTHIER LIFE STYLE

Yoga & Healthier Life Style

It’s not surprising to find that most people who do yoga regularly begin to develop a healthier lifestyle in many other areas.

Once they see the benefits that yoga can bring about and feel their energy levels increasing it is encouraging to make more changes to get even more out of life.

Diets are often changed where food of low nutritional value is substituted with healthier foods.

Lingering illness is often disposed of in a short period of time.

Sleeping patterns become better and old habits that were so difficult to cast aside prior to starting yoga are more easily sorted.

People become more aware of themselves and can see where there are factors in their life that have held them back either in health, mentally or other areas.

Old emotional problems that have dragged them down for years are suddenly set free and it is this new found freedom that makes many people seek more of the ‘good stuff’ that life has available for those who wish to take advantage of it.

And this powerful positive energy force becomes greater as it spills over into more and more areas of a person’s lifestyle. Each area brings the body and the mind into greater harmony with one another.

By eliminating the imbalance there is no longer the constant conflict that the various areas find by fighting with one another.

There comes a desire to live a healthier life because that is the natural state that we should all be living in and it is a state that makes you feel good. It opens up the mind to see more opportunities and to achieve higher levels of success.

Yoga is such a powerful source that once embraced the changes can be unstoppable and that is a good thing to look forward to.

——-Raj
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Pranayama – Breathing and Relaxation

Yesterday, I talked about Yoga, its meaning and various types of yogas. Today I intend to draw your attention about the importance of Pranayama (Art of healthy breathing) and its technique. As you know Pranayama is the most important aspect of the Yoga System.

One of the benefits that most people find when they begin doing yoga is they learn to breathe correctly in a manner that can bring about a calmness and total relaxation almost instantly.

The more yoga you do, provided you are getting good instruction, the better you will become at this and it will help you to remain calm in situations where you would have previously felt stressed.

It has been noted that those people who perform yoga exercises on a regular basis are a lot calmer and can control the situation better than those who have not used any form of relaxation or stress relieving techniques.

By remaining calm and in control the fear of speaking will generally subside and the reality of the situation will be a lot easier to accept and control.

Simply breathing correctly will induce a feeling of calm that will be sufficient to help a person through a public speaking engagement.

Yoga has also helped many professional sports men and women to perform at their best by eliminating the tension and anxiety that they feel before events. In all sports optimum performance requires that you remain as relaxed as possible at all times and yoga is just the ticket for helping you to achieve that state of mind and body.

Once again correct breathing techniques will help to calm the mind and the body and help the sportsperson to focus on their event in a relaxed manner for optimum results.

The additional benefit of a more supple body also goes a long way in the prevention of injuries for sport people.

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According to Wikipedia:

Yoga (Sanskrit: योग Yoga, IPA: [joːgə]) is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. According to Gavin Flood, Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, it has been defined as referring to “technologies or disciplines of asceticism and meditation which are thought to lead to spiritual experience and profound understanding or insight into the nature of existence.” Yoga is also intimately connected to the religious beliefs and practices of the other Indian religions.

Outside India, Yoga is mostly associated with the practice of asanas (postures) of Hatha Yoga or as a form of exercise, although it has influenced the entire Indian religions family and other spiritual practices throughout the world.

Hindu texts discussing different aspects of yoga include the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Shiva Samhita, and many others.

Major branches of Yoga include: Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga. Raja Yoga, established by the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and known simply as Yoga in the context of Hindu philosophy, is one of the six orthodox (āstika) schools of thought.

The Different Types of Yoga

There are several different types of yoga and you really need to choose the one that you believe will give you the most benefits for what you are trying to achieve.

All forms of yoga will add benefit no matter which one you choose because the various types of yoga will always focus on creating a calm and balance in the mind and body while helping to increase flexibility and fitness at the same time.

What many people regard as the most extreme form of yoga is Bikram yoga where the routines are performed in heated rooms where the temperature is set at 95 degrees or more. For some people this can add stress to their exercises and for that reason there are many people who believe that performing under those conditions is detrimental to your well being.

For the people who use the Bikram yoga on a regular basis they believe that the increased temperatures help to relax and cleanse your body and in doing so give you more benefits over the standard forms of yoga.

The more common form of yoga that you will find in most centers throughout the country is Hatha Yoga. This is probably the best form of yoga for you to choose if you haven’t done any form of this exercise in the past as it will teach you all the basic types of poses that will also be applicable to various other forms of yoga if you intend to move into those other areas at a later date.

It is excellent for people who haven’t done any exercise previously and for elderly people as all the movements are slow and relaxing and will assist in helping you to gain more flexibility without concern for injury.

One step up from Hatha Yoga is Vinyasa yoga which is performed at a faster pace and focuses a lot on breathing during the movements. The stretches that are involved in Vinyasa yoga are more advanced than those in Hatha and are possibly not quite as suitable for a beginner.

There are many other variations of yoga apart from these that I just mentioned but they all have the same philosophy of getting the mind and body to work as one to bring about a balance in your life.

—RAJ
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