WHY PRACTICE YOGA?

Modern life is characterized by daily stress, worries, fatigue, pollution and many physical health problems. To escape or to cure all these more and more people are seeking some way of relaxation and inward awareness.

The ancient science of Yoga has long been providing people with refuge away from the everyday stress, worries, fatigue, pollution and many physical health problems thus transporting an increasing number of people to a peaceful oasis within. Though the practice of Yoga is closely associated with ancient texts, beliefs, and values but when put into practice it has yielded benefits useful for people's practical daily lives.

Below are only few reasons why more and more people are practicing Yoga:

• Yoga immediately relaxes the body and calms down the mind. Even in the midst of stressful environments, Yoga helps control breathing and clears the mind of cluttered thoughts, leaving only deep physical and mental refreshment.

• Yoga helps normalize body weight. For people who are either overweight or underweight, Yoga Exercises can help achieve the desired weight. The principles of balance and moderation in physical activity and diet under Yoga can also lead to a healthier lifestyle.

• Yoga improves immune level of body and increases your resistance to diseases. The postures and movements in Yoga massage the internal organs, enhancing blood circulation and functionality, thus, lessening the risk of illness.

• Yoga increases your energy level and productivity. Within as little time as 20 minutes, Yoga can replenish the mind and body with precious energy needed to respond to daily tasks and challenges.

• Yoga leads to genuine inner contentment and self-actualization. Meditations and breathing exercises of Yoga focuses the mind, taking it away from the distractions of the highly-materialistic world thus leading to genuine happiness.

Yoga may seem like the fabled elixir of life - a cure-all solution to man's daily stress problems and concerns such as illnesses. But actually, the benefits that Yogis or Yoga practitioners have been experiencing for thousands of years are only being gradually proven by medical science now.

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