The National Institutes of Health says yoga is able to interact favorably with the mechanisms in the body and the brain for promoting mental and emotional health and thus helps with the over all physical health. Scientists have been studying yoga over the years while practitioners of mental health say it is a therapy that helps with relieving anxiety, stress, and even many eating disorders that adult and children deal with. If a person has HIV/AIDS or cancer, then yoga lends them the power for coping with the diseases.

About Yoga

Yoga comes from a region that is known as modern day India and actually dates back 5000 years ago. The exercises focus on holding varies poses, breathing deeply, and rhythmic movements for stretching the muscles. It is a way for joining discipline both physically and mentally in order to achieve mind and body peacefulness. It also helps in managing anxiety and stress levels by teaching you to relax. There are a variety of styles, intensities and forms with yoga. Traditional philosophy of yoga aims for a body that is free of pain while being flexible and strong., a nervous system that is healthy and autonomic with a person’s physiological system, like the digestion track, hormonal and respiration both functioning optimally, along with a mind that is tranquil, calm, and clear. Yoga is practiced for promoting a quality of life that is good and self improvement of a person.

Reduces Stress

An effective way for reducing anxiety and stress is by using yoga. In order to properly do the exercises it is required that a person is in a quiet place so they can focus on each movement. Since the focus is on the poses the mind forgets about the busy day that was pressure filled, and replaces the stress with calmness along with concentration, anger along with frustration is reduced which builds the confidence so any problem can now be tackled. Yoga helps with boosting self esteem which helps to stop stress from entering the body. Harvard Medical School in 2009 published a report saying the stress response system is modulated with yoga. The heart rate is reduced, blood pressure is lowered, and respiration is eased. All this conditions the body so it can better respond to stress. » Read more: Yoga Has Psychological Benefits