The biggest benefit of yoga is the physical and mental cleaning it brings in. The aging process is, to a large extent, an artificial condition. It is caused mainly by autointoxication or self-poisoning through bad postures, hygiene, sedentary lifestyle and eating habits. Practicing yoga can slow this aging process down. By keeping the body clean, flexible and well lubricated, we can significantly reduce the catabolic process of cell deterioration.

Following are some of the major Physical and Mental well-being derived out of Yoga.

Physical Well-Being

The list of health benefits of practicing Yoga is increasing day by day. Following are just some of the major ones.

Anti-Ageing

In the present scenario, there is an increasing trend of early ageing seen in people. Blame it on sedentary lifestyle or lack of exercises. Asanas can play a definitive role making your body strong and agile, thus making you look and feel a lot younger.

Yoga as a Cure for

• Respiratory Problems
  Through the breathing exercises in Yoga, one can have good control over their breathing problems. Studies reveal that Yogic exercises provide a marked improvement in the lifestyle of Asthma patients and if practiced with discipline, can also help avoid taking drugs for Asthma.
• Hypertension
  A combination of yogic breathing and relaxation techniques has been found to lower blood pressure. In several cases, it has led to reduced need for conventional medication.
• Backache
  With the increasing sedentary lifestyle of people across the world, backache is an ever-increasing problem to be addressed. Yoga improves the body’s agility and strength.
• Arthiritis
  There are specific set of yoga exercises that an Arthiritis patient can follow, which are designed to provide relief to the joints. Easy stretches in conjunction with deep breathing exercises relieve the tension that binds up the muscles and further tightens the joints.
• Weight Reduction
  Vigorous forms of Yoga like the Power Yoga help burn a lot of calories and result in significant reduction in flab and weight loss.
• Stronger Heart
  Athletic forms of Yoga are good for strengthening the heart muscles. Many yoga practitioners claim that Yoga has reduced their cholesterol.

Mental Well-Being

Builds Concentration and Clarity of Thought:

Breathing exercises and meditation help the individual relax and focus on one activity at a time. Repeated practice makes it easy for people to take this concentration and relaxation out of the realm of the yoga session into their day-today life as well.

Sense of Peace and Harmony:

The meditation session helps your mind attain an inner sense of tranquility and thus you would be able to better control your mind and mood.

Stress Reduction:

The above mental benefits would naturally lead to reduced stress levels. Also, deep breathing, as in Yoga, reduces the secretion of hormones that cause stress and anxiety.

Yoga As a Cure For Diseases

Yoga postures are known to cure various illnesses. Details of which Yoga should be used and the ones which should not be used for a specific condition has been detailed below.

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