Benefits
of yoga!
1. Yoga makes you feel good
– simple as that!
Pick a suitable
class for your level and approach it with an open mind – you’ll feel different,
more open, present and happier. If you don’t believe us, try it!
2. Yoga increases your flexibility
If you haven’t heard about yoga’s ability to increase
flexibility, you might have been living under a rock for the past twenty years To gain more flexibility, it is worth
practicing yoga regularly and consistently in order to build muscle memory;
take your time though, and be patient!
3. Yoga improves your strength
Yoga isn’t just about stretching and bending, it also requires a
surprising amount of strength. Physical strength is important in order to
prevent injury, boost the immune system and metabolism and help
make everyday tasks easier.
4. Yoga boosts your immune system
Any form of movement is great for keeping the immune system
healthy. With yoga’s twisting, inverting, back bending, and calming, the body
is able to spend more time within the parasympathetic nervous
system (rest and digest) and less with the sympathetic nervous
system (the fight or flight system, which causes stress and inflammation and
dramatically lowers the immune system).
5. Yoga helps you to focus
Because your mind will be quieter and clutter-free it’s easier
to direct the energy to where you want it to go. In yoga they say you develop
one-pointedness concentration through practice. You train the mind to become aware
and present. Research has shown that after a yoga class you are generally
better able to focus your mental resources, process information more accurately
and also learn, hold and update pieces of information more effectively.
6. Yoga changes your energy
If your morning routine starts with dragging yourself out of bed
and gulping down a coffee, try ten rounds of Surya Namaskar or
some Kapalabhati pranayama,
and notice the energising effects it has on the nervous system. Conversely, if
you need a change later on in the day, just a few minutes of asana practice can
re-balance the nervous system, calm the mind and give you a different
perspective.
7. Yoga boosts your metabolism
A morning yoga practice will help to get the blood, breath and
muscles moving before breakfast, therefore allowing the nutrients from your
food to be better absorbed. A strong practice can help build muscle,
dramatically boost metabolism, and breathing fully and deeply increases
circulation, also helping the metabolism to stay ticking along nicely.
8. Yoga reduces anxiety
Shallow breathing, poor posture and tense muscles are
both results and causes of anxiety. If you’ve been stuck in an anxiety cycle
for a long period of time, it’s likely that your body has almost learned to
protect itself by remaining tense, physically closed off and with very short,
sharp breaths. The mind and body are so closely interlinked, that physically
deepening the breath, improving posture and relaxing the muscles in a safe
space can all help reduce anxiety.
9. Yoga helps you to be more mindful
Mindfulness is a buzz word at the moment and – with all the
apps, downloads, classes and CDs – has become a billion dollar business.
[1] Mindfulness, however, doesn’t have to mean meditating for long periods
of time, and it doesn’t have to be something profound that’s difficult to keep
up. Being mindful just means paying a little more attention to each action you
do, allowing you to be more present, aware and alive in each moment. Better to
be mindful than mind-full…
10. Yoga soothes your skin
The skin is one of the first places in the body to display signs
of stress and nutrient deficiency. By practicing a combination of some of the more
calming aspects of yoga, such as Pranayama and meditation, as well as an active
yoga practice, the body and all its systems receive better circulation, and the
reduced stress levels can even help reduce conditions like acne and eczema.
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