Amazing Benefits of Yoga and Meditation for Stress - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

About This Presentation
Title:

Amazing Benefits of Yoga and Meditation for Stress

Description:

Yoga for Beginners - If you’re new to yoga, start with these 10 basic asanas. Yoga is extremely beneficial for your mental and physical wellbeing. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:121

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Amazing Benefits of Yoga and Meditation for Stress


1
  • Yoga And Meditation

2
  • Amazing Benefits of Yoga and Meditation for
    Stress

3
  • Bringing Inner Peace
  • Inner peace refers to a specific state of being
    mentally and spiritually at peace with enough
    knowledge and understanding to keep oneself
    strong during phases of stress. Bliss, happiness
    and contentment are the basic components of a
    peaceful mind which refers to a disposition free
    from the effects of stress. Finding inner peace
    is associated with Hinduism, Buddhism and
    self-realization.
  • Improving Overall Health
  • There are various types of yoga asanas
    and benefits of yoga asanas are numerous. It
    provides us all round fitness, improves your
    sexual life, stamina and reduces the problems of
    migraines and insomnia. Migraine is a headache
    that affects the nerves of the head and is
    accompanied by sensory warning signs like flashes
    of light, blind spots, nausea, vomiting and
    increased sensitivity to light and darkness.

4
  • Aiding Weight Loss
  • It has been proven that the breathing Yoga And
    Meditation techniques that are followed during
    yoga help strengthen our body and minds
    connection. It also aids us to deal with emotions
    that instigate stress and anxiety. Everyone
    becomes conscious and makes good choices about
    their health during the practice of yoga.
  • Boosting the Immune System
  • Yoga boosts our immune system by enhancing the
    circulation of blood cells, decreasing stress
    hormones and stimulating the lymphatic system
    that aids to protect our body from the evil
    effects of toxins. Toxin is an antigenic poison
    of plant or animal origin, especially one
    produced by microorganisms and causing disease
    when present at low concentrations in the body.

5
  • Improving Posture and Flexibility
  • Yoga practice tones our body muscles and also
    makes them strong which helps improve our body
    posture when we sit, sleep, stand or walk.
    Stronger muscles help prevent sports injuries and
    other injuries caused due to overexertion. It can
    help us move better and felt less tired. It has
    been proven that people improved their
    flexibility up to 35 after only 8 weeks of yoga.
  • Improving Heart Health
  • Yoga plays a pivotal role in protecting us from
    different kinds of heart diseases and also
    improves cardiovascular health. Cardiovascular
    disease refers to conditions that involve blocked
    blood vessels that can lead to heart attack,
    chest pain and stroke.

6
  • Relieving Depression
  • Depression is a mental illness that causes a
    constant feeling of sadness and lack of interest.
    It affects ones thinking, behavior and feelings
    too. It is the accompanied by headache, chest
    pain, fatigue, irritation, restlessness, anxiety
    and insomnia and releases harmful free radicals
    that damage our immune system. Yoga And
    Meditation helps to release depression
  • Controlling Diabetes
  • Diabetes refers to a condition in which there is
    too much glucose in the blood, and it damages
    kidneys, nerves, teeth, eyes, feet and blood
    vessels which can lead to heart attack and
    stroke. When you follow a regular yoga schedule,
    your body commences responding to insulin that
    helps immensely in the reduction of blood glucose
    and it is also an excellent way to fight stress.

7
  • Aids in Asthma
  • Asthma is a disorder that causes the airways of
    the lungs to swell and narrow, leading to
    wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness
    and coughing. A recent research proves that those
    who follow yoga asanas show a significant
    improvement in lung function and a reduction in
    asthma symptoms when compared with those who
    dont follow the path of yoga. Yoga is really
    beneficial to our body as deep breathing provides
    oxygen to our bodies and its various organs which
    is essential for our survival and aids the
    removal of waste products and toxins from the
    body. Deep breathing can control and sometimes
    cure asthma and yoga postures help provide enough
    oxygen to our body.

8
  • Treating Chronic Back Pain
  • Lower back pain is considered to be chronic when
    it has been present for more than three months.
    Chronic back pain can originate from an injury,
    disease or stress. This type of pain can be felt
    as bone pain and nerve pain. Yoga stretches act
    magically for those whose back pain is directly
    related to depression. Yoga breathing techniques
    are really effective in the circulation of oxygen
    throughout the body and breathing also provides
    an opportunity for meditation which many people
    consider as the key to overcome pain. Sphinx,
    pigeon, two-knee twist, spine hamstring stretch,
    threads the needle and legs up the wall are the
    important postures of yoga that reduce chronic
    back pain.
  • Source http//bit.ly/2dMM6MY
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com