Why Yoga is so Effective

Yoga is the most effective technique if you know how to take the proper steps to reach your full potential. There are several aspects to yoga, and yoga poses for beginners is only one of them. You can also learn about Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi. These are the 'elements' of yoga, and you will need to know about each of them to experience the full benefits of yoga. Yoga is also called a science or technology of liberation. This is because, unlike purely theoretical philosophies, yoga seeks to provide the student with a practical path (or indeed many possible paths) towards the common goal of liberation.

The central aim of all the yogic practices is Purification (shaucha), and it is the first principle of self-discipline (niyama) in Patanjali’s eight-limbed approach. The yogis have discovered that impurities in our internal body adversely affect our state of mind, and prevent the attainment of real wisdom and spiritual liberation. Because of its emphasis on proper posture, yoga can help reverse abnormal curves in the spine, correcting both the “hunchback” curve that occurs in postural kyphosis and the “swayback” curve that occurs in postural lordosis (An abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column).

Yoga and meditation are effective for reducing blood pressure, rhythm, and increase the heart’s stroke volume. Yoga, in short, is good for lower the pulse rate, improve the elasticity of the arteries and regulate your heart system.

It has become common knowledge that yoga is good for you. Yet there is very little awareness and understanding on exactly how yoga heals, even in the yoga and medical communities. The key is to understand the relationships between stress, yoga and disease.
Yoga gives a number of benefits however, the benefits of yoga depends on how regularly you are practicing and also how you are practicing. The benefit increases when you combine yoga asana (physical exercise) with meditation, relaxation and Pranayama.

Following are the benefits of yoga when practices regularly:

• It gives flexibility and strength.
• It also gives good posture and better look to a person.
• You develop the postures which are beautiful to look at.
• Firm muscle tone, bright eyes and clear complexion contribute to the radiant appearance of the person. This combined with good posture and grace of movement, makes for a pleasing outward appearance.
• Asanas stretches and strengthen muscles and put joints through their full range of movement.
• You will be able to breathe smoothly and efficiently.
• Pranayama strengthens the diaphragm and encourages deeper, freer breathing.
• You can get better sleep and good concentration.
• It helps in sound sleep and refreshing the body and mind.
• Yoga Posture, yogic breathing, relaxation and meditation all help to calm and still the mind. When your mind is calm and still you develop higher concentration for your work.
• You can cope well with stress.
• The improvements to your health and the ability to relax deeply that come with yoga make you more resilient.
• It massages all the internal glands and organs of the body in a thorough manner.

Yoga, the ancient Indian therapy for exercise and meditation of the mind and the body, has for long been known to help people cope against ailments. And now, the age old therapy is providing healing touch to patients suffering from breast cancer by reducing pain and trauma.

Yoga therapy is also used in treating following ailments in our body system.

• Nasal Allergy
• High and low BP and
• Heart Diseases
• Anxiety and Depressive Neurosis
• Bronchial Asthma
• Long and short sight, astigmatism, and squint, initial stages of cataract and glaucoma
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Migraine, Tension Headache
• Rheumatism and Arthritis
• Low Back pain
• Cancer

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