Yoga – What It Is and How It Helps

Yoga is not just a system of physical exercises that develops flexibility, endurance or improves the shape. This is one of the six orthodox systems of Indian philosophy, a set of ancient knowledge and a philosophical system, aimed at humans’ relief from diseases and suffering, improving the quality of life and prompting a different understanding of life and our place in it.

The main difference between yoga and usual physical exercises is the rejection of any sudden movements, which inevitably lead to fatigue. Too intense strength exercises are harmful and even dangerous for human health. That’s why the important thing is to find the optimal balance between quality and quantity of exercises and their effect. Breathing has a special place in yoga, because the right breathing stimulates the heart, all body organs are supplied with oxygen in the required quantities, while carbon dioxide and other metabolites excrete from them.

Generally yoga helps to control blood pressure, diabetes, depression, get rid of stresses, anxiety, headaches. It will be very useful for those, who have epilepsy, asthma, heart diseases, multiple sclerosis etc. Doctors say that joints diseases and back pain are “the problem of our millennium”. At 20, most young people cannot boast good flexibility, and at 35 many have serious problems with joints. Over time, the problem is only growing, and now a person feels severe pain in the neck every time he/she straightens the back. This may cause headaches and increased scalp sensitivity, irritating the nerves that pass across the face and the arms. But headaches and pains in the shoulders and arms can easily be fixed by pose of fish and standing on the shoulders. They facilitate the head and neck movement, provide ligaments stretching, eliminating the nerves impairment.

Endocrine diseases are probably among the most difficult to cure for modern physicians. Various yoga postures can also normalize the secretary activity of these glands. The question bothering many women is if yoga with so little movement can help lose weight. And the answer is yes. Yoga is a complex of static exercises, the effect of which equals to twenty minutes of jogging. The huge variety of poses and the right breathing techniques normalize metabolism and help to solve the overweight problem.

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