Why is Yoga Important in Modern Life?
The Essence of Yoga

Yoga
Yoga is a way of life. And if we incorporate yoga in our life slowly and make in an integral part of our life, we would be in a peaceful state in our everyday life. We would be able to raise above petty issues and will be able to view everything in a balance way. We would be able to take decisions without getting clouded by our emotions. We would think and act with complete attention, focus and awareness.
The true essence of yoga revolves around elevating the life force or 'Kundalini' at the base of the spine. It aims to achieve this through a series of physical and mental exercises. At the physical level, the methods comprise various yoga postures or 'asanas' that aim to keep the body healthy. The mental techniques include breathing exercises or 'pranayama' and meditation or 'dhyana' to discipline the mind.
The Essence of Yoga
1. Makes The Body Flexible And Strong:
In the gym, you are able to exercise only a particular part, while yoga exercises the entire body’s organs, glands.
Because of which all our organs do their work smoothly because yoga gives strength to our body parts, which makes our body flexible and strong day by day.
2. Keeps Fresh:
With regular yoga, you feel close to nature, so that you feel refreshed and energized throughout the day. Mentally, you will also remain calm, which will also relieve stress.
3. Keep The Mind Calm:
When the mind and brain are calm, stress will also be removed. Regular yoga asanas and meditation relaxes the brain and keeps the body balanced. With yoga, both parts of the brain work properly, thereby correcting internal communication. Regular yoga increases the balance of thinking and creativity. This makes the intellect sharp and sharp, as well as the power of self-control, also increases rapidly.
4. Increase Immunity:
Yoga practice makes the face glow. The body’s ability to fight diseases increases day by day. Stay healthy even in old age. The body becomes healthy, strong, and healthy.
5. Keep Away From Stress:
Regular exercise of yoga leads to a good workout of the muscles. Due to which stress is relieved, blood pressure-cholesterol control is done, sleep becomes good, appetite is also good and digestion is also right. By its regular practice, the stress is gradually eradicated completely.
6. Keep Away From Pain And Obesity:
Yoga makes the body flexible and gives strength to the body. Its regular practice not only eliminates the problem of back, waist, neck but joint pain, as well as yoga, also corrects the structure of your body’s bad posture, so that future pain can be avoided.
Regular yoga burns the calories of the body and reduces obesity, which keeps the body weight under control.
7. Keep Diseases Away:
Yoga increases control of breathing speed, which gives great benefit in breathing related diseases like asthma, allergies, sinusitis, chronic cold, cold, cold, etc. Pranayam, the only part of yoga, is very beneficial. Asanas in which breath is held for some time.
Which helps in keeping the heart, lungs, and arteries healthy. Such postures keep your heart fit. This increases the ability of the lungs to take oxygen, which gives more oxygen to the cells of the body. Which has a positive effect on the body.
8. Corrects Blood Circulation:
Different types of yoga and pranayama help to cure the effect of blood in the body. Diabetes levels decrease with regular yoga. This reduces bad cholesterol, so yoga is very important for diabetic patients. With proper blood circulation, the body gets good oxygen and nutrient circulation, which makes the skin and internal organs healthy.
9. Benefits In Pregnancy:
The body remains healthy by doing regular yoga during pregnancy. Fatigue and stress are removed from the body which is good for the health of mother and child.
All the problems related to pregnancy such as back pain, back pain, leg cramps, sleepiness, irritability, indigestion, breathing problems are relieved.
During the pregnancy, which yoga can be done during which month, please take advice from your doctor and do yoga only under the supervision of yoga experts.
10. Beneficial In Menstruation:
Women are free from the pain caused by menstruation by the regular practice of yoga. There is regularity in the period, during this time the body also gets rid of problems like laziness, nervousness, dizziness. There is agility and agility in the body.
Yoga and meditation are considered to be essential to make our body healthy from a spiritual and scientific point of view. Yoga is not just another name for manipulating the body.
Yoga for Mental Health
1) Reduces Stress
Stress is one of the major causes of many physical and mental health issues. With yoga practice, there is a decrease in the stress hormone called ‘cortisol’ and an in crease in the happy hormones called ‘serotonin’. Yoga stimulates relaxation and calmness of the stressed nerves.
Yoga asanas, pranayama and meditation help in shifting the focus from negative thoughts to the present moment. It reduces depressive symptoms and anxiety.
2) Improved Sleep Quality
Yoga helps in the release of ‘melatonin’ – a hormone that helps in falling asleep and getting good quality sleep. Through the practice of yoga asanas and pranayama, the mind calms down and reaches a state of relaxation which ultimately prepares the mind and body to sleep.
3) Increased Focus and Awareness
Focus and Concentration are two aspects that people struggle to maintain whether it is at work or home. With the constant chatter of the mind, the attention and focus are always distracted. Thoughts are always racing in the mind, concentration is divided and stability is hard to achieve.
With the practice of yoga asanas, pranayama and dhyana, one learns to develop a one-pointed focus and be mindful of their thoughts, word and actions. When one develops awareness, a person is alert and present in the now which boosts focus and enhances productivity.
4) Enhances Self-Acceptance and Self-Love
In the digital world, everyone is seeking validation from the outside world in the form of likes, comments and praises. The opinion of other people has a huge impact on our perception of ourselves.
Yoga teaches us to love, accept and respect ourselves. With Yoga asanas practice, one learns to develop awareness about their self – strengths and weaknesses. It makes one become more confident about themselves and increases self-esteem. Yoga is a way of life. And if we incorporate yoga in our life slowly and make in an integral part of our life, we would be in a peaceful state in our everyday life. We would be able to raise above petty issues and will be able to view everything in a balance way. We would be able to take decisions without getting clouded by our emotions. We would think and act with complete attention, focus and awareness.
The true essence of yoga revolves around elevating the life force or 'Kundalini' at the base of the spine. It aims to achieve this through a series of physical and mental exercises. At the physical level, the methods comprise various yoga postures or 'asanas' that aim to keep the body healthy. The mental techniques include breathing exercises or 'pranayama' and meditation or 'dhyana' to discipline the mind.


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