Yoga-Meditations

Yoga practise provides innumerable health benefits.. It is one of the few physical regimes that can have a huge influence on our emotional and mental state. On learning yoga postures and techniques, you can achieve relaxation, focus, mental clarity and overall mental and emotional balance.Stress is the huge cause for most of the western illnesses. High blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome, weakness of immune system, cardiovascular diseases and even strokes are all serious illnesses and due to stress. Yoga has the ability to fight stress which is recognised not only by yoga practitioners but many medical proffesionals as well.

Stress is triggered in our metabolism as a response of the nervous system to various problems of our lives. The reaction of our body to this process is known as “flight or fight” response i.e. the mind and body faced with the danger prepares to either stay and fight or run. This is physically manifested as elevated blood pressure, shallow breathing, tense muscles and increased heart rate. Internally blood flows to the organs which are not vital at that time, for e.g. digestion does not take place.

It might be beneficial in short term during times of danger but in long term body is left with fewer resources to function properly. When you are stressed, even smallest of issues can be sufficient to trigger this response, leaving you tense and drained for too long.

What actually yoga does is attune the body and the mind. Yoga provides the techniques following which one can achieve composure within mind and body with harmony.

Yoga is, basically, an antidote to the stress and it works in the fashion by reducing the ill effects by breathing and relaxation methods. The best part is by performing Yoga, you feel the positivity inside you which enables you to fight back the fear (of any kind). This way, your mind generates good solutions rather than being stuck in some chaos.