Originally,
yoga is a spiritual
and physical way
of life based on Indian philosophy. Over
the
years therapy has been developed in order to address problems
resulting
from modern lifestyle.
Therapeutic
yoga brings
self-healing powers
back to balance and eliminates the dependency on external effects and
materials.
Practicing on regular
basis releases the negative impacts of stress from our body, helps to
relieve
depression and anxiety, coping better with stress, helps reduce high
blood
pressure, slows down the aging of cells, helps in slimming and body
shaping,
increases your confidence, and improve interpersonal communication
skills. These
are achieved by practicing poses and breathing techniques.
Yoga
poses called
asanas concentrate in body building, strengthening and improving body
posture. Practicing
poses will help in spinal relaxation and create a more effective
blood
flow to body organs and therefore
create a healthier body.
Practicing
breathing techniques (called pranayama) and
meditation (dyana)
will help trainees to achieve clear and bright thinking.
We
Westerners care too much for our look and the appearances while yoga
focuses on
inner harmony and health, control of the nervous system and not muscle
and phiz
development, saving energy reinforce
potency.
Through
the effort almost entirely within the body, the
first changes apply in the outer form.Body
weight will increase or decrease depending on the individual's normal
needs.
As ordinary
slimming treatments
often cause decline in human energy, body resistance against disease
and physical
abilities and also sometimes harms body health, yoga practice develops
energy and
controls body weight.
Many problems
stem
from lack of physical activity in adult age which creates temporal
disconnection between brain and body which leads for physical problems
such as
slow spontaneous reaction or lack in coordination. Practicing
improves
blood circulation, makes muscles more flexible, lubricates joints,
draws our
attention for performing plenary breathing, strengthens mental and
physical
balance, develops relaxation abilities, massages internal organs and
strengthens
positive thinking.
Starting practice at an
advanced age should be executed gradually and gently. Therefore we
should have
the patience and be persistent as it might take a while to achieve the
desired
results. It is the same process if you train on the mattress or
chair.
Physical
workout increases the awareness to physical condition. At this age
there are
quite a few limitations and many suffer pains in different places.
Sometimes
you can't even point out where the pains come from as or
tension influence the entire region of the body. Practicing various
poses and
breathing may increase our observation and the ability to deal with the
problem.
In
many cases
the movement itself may bring the cure. Opening of an energy channel
for a flow
can lead for a pain relief or focused breathing can ease the tension in
this infected
place.
Try
it and
see how it works for you, whether it has any good influence on your
body and
daily life. There are group trainings or individual trainings and many
different
approaches, all aiming for the same purpose, and decide yourself.
