7 Reasons to take up Yoga Yoga has been around for centuries and it is practiced by everyone from stay-at–home-mums to movie stars, its low impact, stress relieving and strength building principles appeal to a wide range of people. So why should you take up yoga? 1. Scientific studies have shown that yoga classes can help reduce the frequency and duration of asthma attacks as well as the medications needed to control asthma. The breathing method used for yoga helps to strengthen the lungs to build better breath control while the back bending exercises open the chest and help increase air flow. For migraine sufferers the stress relieving nature of yoga classes have also been shown to reduce the frequency of headaches. 2. Women’s yoga classes have the ability to build and strengthen bone density which helps prevent osteoporosis. It’s believed Yoga reduces cortisol which keeps the calcium in your bones. Yoga has been known to stimulate the pancreas to help with the production of insulin which lowers blood sugar levels which is helpful in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. 3. Yoga classes are a good form of exercise for you, its low impact, is not competitive, and is a stress free workout that provides a safer way to stretch, lengthen and tone your body. Yoga builds muscle tone, improves dexterity, hand eye coordination and builds a balanced muscle tone. 4. Yoga increases blood flow and can lower cholesterol and the triglycerides in the blood stream. It’s also believed that yoga stimulates and increases the amount of red blood cells in your blood which provides not only better oxygenation of the body it increases your energy while reducing the risks of anaemia. 5. Yoga reduces stress through controlled breathing and slow movements and can elevate and regulate your moods. The attention required in a yoga class causes you to focus inwardly which reduces stress and anxiety – leading to calmness and alertness.
6. As you know yoga classes reduce stress and can lower your blood pressure and it stimulates your endocrine system to balance sugar and hormone levels. It raises your tolerance for pain while lowering your heart rate and it improves your brain chemistry – in a nutshell yoga is great for the *inner you* there isn’t a body system that isn’t impacted by regular yoga classes. 7. On the outside yoga classes improves skin tone and colour, helps you sleep better, reduces the signs of aging, builds skin and muscle tone, lengthens your body and gets your muscles moving. It can help you reduce weight, stop cellulite forming and improves your energy. Yoga classes make you look better and feel better.
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