21 Beautiful Benefits of Yoga
There are many positive and wonderful benefits that we can gain from the practice of yoga. On a physical level, yoga cleanses and strengthens the body. However, these physical benefits are simply a side effect of this powerful practice. Yoga also harmonizes the mind and body making them work in sync. When this happens this opens up the opportunity for us to attain what we thought were unattainable feats. We are so often unable to perform optimally due to stress, confusion, negative emotions, self-doubt and other conflicts of the mind. Yoga can help to correct this.
Here are just some of the tangible benefits that can be achieved through the practice of yoga.
Yoga can help to…
- relieve anxiety, depression and stress
- increase self-confidence
- improve your mood
- alleviate anger and hostility
- improve concentration and motivation
- improve memory
- improve reactions times
- improve metabolism
- improve posture
- improve your sleep
- improve balance
- prevent migraines
- delay aging by stimulating detoxification
- relieve constipation
- alleviate allergy symptoms
- reduce blood pressure and pulse rate
- help prevent disease by massaging internal organs
- help improve your immune system
- heal the body and prevent injuries
- make you more flexible and strong
- enhance a sense of awareness, overall consciousness and gradually lead us toward self-realization
What have you experienced?
