Advantages of Yoga to your Health

**sheilabest10** · 09-18-2009, 06:23 PM

Yoga asserts cure of the main reason of an illness. It works in a slow, quiet and miraculous way. Medicine nowadays can claim to save a life at a complex stage, but, for complete improvement and restoring of normal health, one must believe in the effectiveness of Yoga therapy.

From the regaining of balance, flexibility, posture, health and wellness to the body, to the cultivation of mental calmness, emotional balance, and inner strength. On a physical level Yoga postures activates the glands, organs, muscles and nerves in manners that usual exercise cannot.

Calm Mind

**Marina_J** · 07-06-2010, 09:19 PM

Really Yoga is a wonderful exercise that gives all the energy you need and the workout without any side effects. It is also the best way to burn extra calories. I also use Yoga for morning workout. It helps for a better start of the day and to burn extra fat. It keeps me in shape and good health. On YA really you can share the health tips too. I like it!!

**haru19** · 10-12-2010, 12:44 AM

Yoga Benefits
Parasympathetic Nervous System dominates
Subcortical regions of brain dominate
Slow dynamic and static movements
Normalization of muscle tone
Low risk of injuring muscles and ligaments
Low caloric consumption
Effort is minimized, relaxed
Energizing (breathing is natural or controlled)
Balanced activity of opposing muscle groups
Noncompetitive, process-oriented
Awareness is internal (focus is on breath and the infinite)
Limitless possibilities for growth in self-awareness

**MeditationMan** · 10-30-2010, 04:06 AM

I did yoga for about a year. I have always been a fairly stiff football player, so yoga is pretty uncomfortable. Because of my bad knees, I can't even sit in what we call "Indian style" in America (legs-crossed, sitting on the ground) because of how uncomfortable it is on my knee joints.

That's the main reason why I meditate in a chair, versus on the ground.

**Rhodes1962** · 03-25-2012, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by MeditationMan

I did yoga for about a year. I have always been a fairly stiff football player, so yoga is pretty uncomfortable. Because of my bad knees, I can't even sit in what we call "Indian style" in America (legs-crossed, sitting on the ground) because of how uncomfortable it is on my knee joints.

That's the main reason why I meditate in a chair, versus on the ground.

I've tried Yoga too but found I cannot do the positions anymore, my 50 year old frame just doesn't bend that way even after doing the stretches. I have also put on quite a few pounds since I did yoga, so what I started doing is Pilates which is fluid in movement and not as harsh with the joints. Even so, I have days usually before a storm when doing Pilates isn't happening.