Hatha Yoga for health

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Hatha yoga is one of the most effective ways to help you look and feel energised and may add years to your life with better health, strength and flexibility.

It is suitable for all ages and all health conditions and almost everyone will get some positive benefits from doing yoga on a regular basis.

The consistent practice of yoga asanas along with meditation is one of the most effective methods of reducing stress, and anything that will help reduce the effects that stress can have on your body and mind will help you feel better, more rejuvenated.

There are a few different styles of yoga, you can choose the one that suits your needs the most. Even the simplest of yoga exercises will help you and the more advanced asanas will improve and help maintain all of your bodily systems.

Yoga helps to improve your blood circulation which keeps your skin looking healthier. Some inverted asanas will increase the blood flow to the scalp and this can assist with the reduction of hair loss, better brain function and healthier eyes.

Increased flexibility will help to reduce muscular and joint pain and a reduction in pain is always helpful for a persons overall mental well being and general health.

Yoga supports the digestive system and this will help you get maximum benefit from the food that you eat, this will improve your health which may be reflected in better elimination of toxins.

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Yoga health & happiness

Benefits of Yoga Poses:

1. Energy: Yoga exercises, breath control training (pranayama) and use of yoga body locks (bandhas) all work to activate and balance your energy pathways, giving you the vitality and power you need to maximize your potential.

2. Strength: By strength here we don’t just mean physical muscular strength, although that will benefit greatly as well due to the steady holding of yoga poses and the exercises that yoga incorporates, but also the strength of your internal physiological systems.  Strength of your immune system, nervous system, digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system, reproductive system, etc.

3. Healing: The power of Yoga to heal ailments and cure diseases is becoming more and more an integral part of mainstream medical practice and treatment methods.  This ability of Yoga to heal also promotes longevity.

4. Flexibility:  Yoga postures (asanas) are perhaps the best type of exercises you can do to improve flexibility.  Flexibility is essential for avoiding injuries as well as for the health of the joints, tendons and muscles.

5. Peace: Yoga meditations and practice promotes a greater awareness and appreciation of our spiritual essence, yoga meditations calm the mind and enables the peace deep within to unfold and flourish.

6. Joy: With the maturing of ones Yoga practice, the beauty, richness and depth of wisdom and knowledge of self becomes more apparent and the uncovering of ones heartfelt connection with Yogesvara the Supreme awakens bringing deep seated joy and satisfaction.

7. Compassion: Yoga values and philosophy, along with the practice of yoga meditations, helps to develop thoughtfulness, generosity and compassion.

8. Brain Enhancement: Yoga breathing exercises and yoga meditations develop parts of the brain that are normally dormant. In addition as the brain develops so does your intelligence and clarity of thoughts.

9. Concentration: The requirement of many Yoga meditations to keep the mind focused on mantras (sound vibrations), helps to dramatically increase your power of concentration and focused attention.

10. Awareness: Yoga can simply be called the Science of Awareness.  To increase awareness of the workings and limitations of the body. To become aware that 'I' am seperate from mind and body. I am the observer. I am temporarily inhabiting this earth body, but I am not it.

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