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Yoga Benefits for Stress Management

September 6, 2019

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Yoga can be considered as one of the oldest practices for self-development as it dates back over 5000 years! The classical method includes ethical disciplines, physical postures, maintain breathing control and meditation. As initially from the East, yoga is becoming more and more popular in the West. Studies found that practicing yoga in the morning, at night or even on a lunch break can minimize stress will make you more productive. Many companies nowadays, especially in Britain are sponsoring yoga fitness and stress management programs for their workers to be more relaxed, healthier and more creative.

Yoga brings together the mind, body, and spirit. You can benefit yoga for spiritual transformation or for stress management. The techniques to reduce stress in yoga include controlled breathing, stretching, and meditation.

There are numerous benefits in how yoga benefits your body, some partial benefits include reduction of stress, improving many medical conditions, lower blood pressure, lower heart rate, reduce anxiety and muscle tension, slowing the aging process and much more. Though it all comes back to the more effort you put in, the higher the payoff will be!

Practicing yoga involves stretching the body and performing different poses while maintaining slow and controlled breathing, which will cause your body to relax and feel re-energized at the same time. The styles of yoga vary from one to another, some require you to move through the poses quickly, while others consist of relaxing deeply into each pose. They are used either in the spiritual factor or purely for a form of exercise.

There are numerous mechanisms in yoga that affect the level of stress, or in other words, there is more than one way in how yoga can minimize your stress levels. Though, studies have proven that the most effective ways that yoga can reduce stress are by lightening up your mood and increase mindfulness and self-compassion.

Getting into better moods will lead us to be more centered on the present moment. It encourages us to give ourselves a break, yoga can be a very effective stress reliever. Come and join Jennifer Carrera in Uptown Yoga Dallas for a two-hour workshop that will help you escape stress and anxiety and into your body. You will gain knowledge in the function of the nervous system in both stress and relaxation and explore how the yoga practice helps to support and regulate these systems.

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