A silhouetted woman in tree pose variation at sunset.
To celebrate International Yoga Day, here’s a list of Yoga benefits that will take you past the usual benefits like improving flexibility and strength:
Fight food cravings
UNITED STATES - 2008/07/12: Junk food section of a supermarket. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Always craving for that piece of chocolate, or can’t get off that daily can of Coke? Yoga can help you fight those cravings with specific poses because we get cravings we hold tension in the hips, hamstrings, shoulders, and the spine. The solution? Stretch them out. So the next time you have a craving for something bad, pull out your yoga mat instead.
MRI of the left knee of a 42-year-old woman : Coronal sequence with FAT SAT. No anomaly is visible.
Weight-bearing exercise strengthens bones and helps ward off osteoporosis, and many postures in yoga requires lifting your own weight. Specific poses like the ‘Downwards and Upward-facing dog’ can also help strengthen arm bones. Because of its ability to lower the levels of stress hormone cortisol, yoga indirectly helps bone and muscle growth.
WUERZBURG, BAVARIA, GERMANY - 2014/12/02: Many red and transparent medical capsules, filled with yellow medicine, pouring out of a white container, displayed on a white table. (Photo by Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Some causes of migraine are mental stressors and physical misalignment in the body. Acts like hunching over a computer or mobile phone for hours may strain the neck. Yoga helps stretch out and release tension in these areas.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 13: Rainbeau Mars teaches yoga at Yoga in the Sky: Celebrity Yogi Rainbeau Mars Leads Sunrise Yoga On Helipad At Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles At Beverly Hills For Global Wellness Day at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on June 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Bezjian/Getty Images for Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills)
Yoga is known for helping to ease lower back pain, but it can also help pain management in areas such as carpal tunnel syndrome, hand osteoporosis, even joint pain. This is because your joints go through a full range of motion every time you do yoga.
MT VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 07: Mitch Lindbeck of Australia handstands on a boulder at Corroboree Walls in Mount Victoria on March 7, 2015 in the Blue Mountains, Australia. On March 6th 8th the highlining community from around the world ascended on Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains two hours west of Sydney for a weekend of challenging lines and routes established between various cliffs in the mountains. Seven highlines of different spans and tension were rigged and participants of various skill levels and experience challenged themselves. The crowd that gathered shared a similar passion for adventure, the outdoors and relaxing together sharing stories and encouraging each other as they push their limits in the stunning Blue Mountains National Park. Growing in popularity the relatively new sport seems dangerous and extreme, however safety is paramount with numerous safety harnesses and procedures are implemented to maintain a well measured and safe environment. Slacklining is a balance sport in which participants walk on a flat nylon webbing anchored between two points with the tension adjusted to allow for slack, providing an experience similar to that of walking on a trampoline. Highlining is a style of slacklining where the two anchor points are set up with significant elevation from the ground or water below known as exposure. Unlike extreme sports such as skydiving or bungee jumping, the participant has to make constant decisions and mentally overcome their fear and harness their adrenalin compared to making that one initial choice to jump in the case of the other sports. Numerous highliners are confident walking a slackline of the same distance in a park low to the ground, however the mental challenge at heights with the view below and environmental elements to contend with proves a much tougher challenge. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
Much of the practice is about going at your own pace, but eventually, it allows you to push your limits and surprise yourself with what you can do.
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