Importance of Yoga in a Student Life

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Importance of Yoga in a Student Life
It is known universally that modern age is the
age of stress, tension and anxiety and young
generation are the falling prey to depression.
Nowadays most of the students are not leading
happy and productive life as they indulge in
materialism that simply aggravates the already
existing problems in their lives. As a student
you have exams to prepare, thinking about job,
financial stress, family responsibilities and a
demanding
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social atmosphere, as a result you sink into
undesirable academic and personal problems
making you feel lost. This feeling of loneliness
creates an imbalance in your life therefore, you
do not get peace anywhere and feel upset for not
being able to perform even simple task. Types
of Stress Stress can be either short term or long
term. Short term stress can direct us to raise
our score, polish our skills better than others
and even encourage us to pursue coveted
opportunities. It motivates us to break the
barriers and do better than others. However,
prolonged stress i.e. Long term stress becomes
troublesome if it starts digging your mind and
goes unchecked. This stress can make a student
lose his self- confidence and further push him
into a dark phase. At this junction stress
relieving activity is significant for someone
going through academic stress. You can get rid of
stress- related problems by practicing yoga and
taking mindful pause which is like rest
button. Yoga from ages has been known to be great
antidote to stress relief and adding
confidence. Many students find that yoga helps
them in controlling emotional imbalance, stress
and builds ability to cop up with the frustrating
situations.
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Benefits of Yoga Yoga is more than just
stretching, physical postures or closing eyes.
It is a unique workout for body and intellectual
mind. Yoga can be helpful in both memorizing and
learning g capacity by counteracting stress and
promoting willpower. 1. Reduce mental tension
Yoga can help in reducing tension. It is well-
known fact that most of the students remains
under stress and tension. Medication practices
like Pratyahar, Dharana and Dhyan plays a vital
role for restoring peace of mind. Makarasana,
Shavasana, Suptasana and Bhujangasana Are
beneficial for releasing stress. It helps in
improving your memory and decline in dementia.
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• Healthy body health is wealth everyone in
  this universe wants to have a healthy body. By
  doing yogic asanas you will get rid of many
  health problems and stay fit. It will boost your
  metabolism, digestion and contribute to fat
  burning.
• Improves sleep quality Poor sleep pattern gives
  birth
• to various diseases and disorders. Students
  perform multiple activities in their day to day
  life and due to this workload sleep can be
  affected. Therefore, by adopting yoga you will
  have better sleep pattern.
• Increases flexibility flexibility is important
  for every
• person. It makes the body movement affective and
  graceful. Regular yoga practice can keep the
  lower back pain at bay and you can devote
  increased number of hours for studies without
  any worry. Yagasanas like Chakrasana,
  Dhanurasana, Halasana, Bhujangasana and
  Shalabhasana are beneficial in increasing
  flexibility of muscles.
• Provides relaxation Rest and relaxation is
  important to remove fatigue. Students are
  indulged in physical mental work throughout
  the day. Hence, they need rest by doing
  Shavasana, Makarasana they can relax themselves.
  Padmasana and Nadam Sadhana are good for
  reducing mental fatigue.
• Spiritual development Through yoga we can
  attain spiritual development. By doing regular
  yogic exercise we can have good control over our
  mind. Padmasana, Pranayama and Siddhasana are
  best suited for this as they enhance meditation
  power and peace in life.
• Eradicates obesity Obesity is a worldwide
  problem. Obese people fall prey to various
  diseases. Yogic

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• exercises like Pranayama and meditative asanas
  reduce obesity. These asanas can reduce mental
  tension which causes obesity.
• Improves health Yoga helps in maintaining and
• improving health by making our muscles strong,
  reenergizing and regulating other system of the
  body such as respiration, excretory,
  circulatory, nervous and glandular systems. It
  increases the efficiency of the body and thus
  improves health.
• Enhancing ethical values by practicing Yama and
  Niyama such as non- violence, truthfulness, non-
  stealing, Swadhyaya , Santosh makes an
  individual strong more morally and ethically.
• Yoga can be easily performed In present day
  life everybody seems to be in a hurry. Lives
  become fast. Every individual complains of
  shortage time. All the yogic exercise can be
  performed easily. These exercises can be done in
  a short duration and are not expensive.
  Moreover, these exercises can be performed in
  less space.
• How to Include Yoga in Your Routine?
• The best part about Yoga is that you do not have
  to make any preparations in advance.
• Either in the morning or in the evening you can
  reap the benefits of the Yoga. Interestingly, if
  you are feeling tired between your studies, and
  then also you can give yourself yoga break of
  5-10 mins and revitalize your body.
• However, if you are a beginner and have resolved
  to incorporate Yoga in daily life then you need
  to read below

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• Before starting Yoga postures, it is recommended
  to do some stretching first. This warms up the
  body.
• Initially, you need to perform Yoga for 30-45
  minutes to see its results.
• Start with easy postures first, like
  Suryanamaskar and then gradually include the
  difficult postures.
• A certified trainer is duly recommended.
• The most crucial aspect of yoga is continuity so
  you need to be consistent enough to follow
  routine.
• Adding yoga to your morning routine can be
  beneficial as when you return back you might not
  feel like
• exercising.
• It is very easy to learn and you do not need to
  spend money on buying expensive membership of
  gym to
• maintain fitness.
• Yoga will help to improve your strength,
  concentration and flexibility.
• Simply adding a few poses to your normal warm up
  or cool down can gives your mind and body the
  recovery it needs.
• Also, fix a time which is suitable for you and
  time you can stick with, so that exercise become
  habit.
• IMPORTANT TIPS
• Dress comfortably
• Eat light before yoga
• Hydrate your body
• Try to relax
• Be regular to maximize return
• Smile to take you through miles

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• Push your boundaries
• Dont compare yourself with others
• Visualize
• Practice
• In a nutshell, it can be concluded that is a
  significant for mankind especially in present-
  day life. An individual can attain perfect
  health and can lead a happy, contented,
  exhilarated and productive life, if he performs
  yogic exercise regularly.
• Now a days preparation with different subjects
  holds a major weightage in any exam. It has such
  a limitless syllabus that even when you study it
  daily, you would not be able to complete it
  thoroughly.

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