While most people in the modern world think that yoga is all about the physical poses, it involves a wide range of thoughtful practices li...
While most people in the modern world think that yoga is all about the physical poses, it involves a wide range of thoughtful practices like meditation, prayer, chanting mantras, breathing exercises, and much more. Here in this article, we will discuss the 10 awesome science-based benefits of yoga.
The scientific analysis of the benefits of yoga is still prefatory: but research has found vigorous evidence of the benefits of yoga to some extent for mental conditions like stress, anxiety, depression, and lower risk for heart problems like high cholesterol, and blood pressure, and BMI.
Let’s Discuss the Benefits of Yoga in Detail:
2- Better Quality of Life: According to WHO, Quality of Life (QOL) is ‘The individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards, and concerns.’
Some important QOL factors are Employment, Relationship, Health, Wealth, Safety & Security, Religious Influence, etc.
Research has shown a positive outcome for yoga to help people dealing with QOL issues.
3- Provide Better Flexibility: It is the most promising benefit of yoga.
Studies have found that yoga helps in increasing flexibility by up to 35% after 8 weeks of yoga. Stretching of muscles can help you feel more stiff and less tired.
4- Better Cardiovascular Functioning: According to the studies of Integrative Medicine and The Journal of Ayurveda on the impact of ‘Pranayama’, breathing exercises can improve the overall functioning of the human body.
Pranayama helps in reducing the risk of heart stroke, high blood pressure, and cigarette cravings and improves cognitive performance.
5- Improves Sleep Quality: According to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), over 55% of yoga practitioners reported improved sleep, and 85% of them reported reduced stress.
Yoga can help you to deal with ‘Insomnia’.
It can help you to fall asleep quickly, for a longer time, and enables you to sleep even after waking up at night.
6- It Improves Body Image and Self Esteem: According to the studies conducted by the Deakin University in Australia, The people who engage in yoga for just 90 minutes a week resulted in better body image and self esteem.
Body Image and Self Esteem is getting challenging especially in youth. Practicing yoga can come out of all these things.
7- Promotes Better Posture & Body Awareness: It is simple to understand that when you get stronger and more flexible, your posture gets improved.
Studies have found that yoga is a well known means of body awareness exercise. Thus, It promotes consciousness of the things and sensations going inside you and around you.
8- Reduces Inflammation: It has been said that the combo of breathing exercises, postures, and other yoga techniques can help you to reduce inflammation in chronic conditions.
Yoga is a promising way for people to deal with chronic inflammatory health conditions.
9- Improves Brain Functioning: As per the studies, yoga is said to be a mind-body exercise.
Practicing yoga regularly helps your brain cells to form new connections. This change in your brain structure results in better functioning which sharpens the memory and learning power of the brain.
10- Prevents Burnout: Yoga is a recommended way for releasing down feelings of stress, depression, and anxiety from the mind and body.
According to the studies conducted during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Yoga exercises and techniques significantly reduce the chances of burnout by attending to the mental, spiritual and emotional needs of the individual.
Most of the Yoga instructors have created their YouTube channel or have built their Yoga website design for their online presence through which you watch their videos and learn yoga just by using the internet.
Conclusion: The results of yoga have been promising till date. It is immensely fruitful for your physical health as well as mental health. It is a practice that you can do everyday. Yoga takes out the best in you!
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