8 Reasons Why You Need To Do Yoga

If you haven’t been living under a rock all your life, chances are that you have heard about world’s first ever International Day of Yoga! If you are amongst those who have always seen yoga as a way of twisting and bending the body in painful poses, it’s time to shed your prejudice surrounding this ancient technique and get on your yoga mat. Need more convincing? Well, here are 8 good reasons that might make you feel otherwise. Read on!

Inexpensive anti-aging treatment

We cannot stop our body from aging, but the least we can do is keep it healthy and detoxified. Yoga, along with its sister knowledge – Ayurveda, offers wonderful techniques to treat those wrinkles and patches that come with age. These techniques cleanse the body inside out and rejuvenate it.

Shed those extra pounds

Have you been meaning to lose those extra pounds without sweating out at the gym? If you didn’t know how to do so, yoga is the solution! Focused on breathing and slow moving exercises, yoga is as effective as working out at the gym, minus the sweat.

Age - No bar

Fitness is not restricted to just one age group and neither is yoga. It is said that infants perform yoga better than most seasoned practitioners do. Whether you are 7 or 70 years old, yoga can help you stay fit and energized. On this International Yoga Day, school kids to septuagenarians around the world will do yoga and show that yoga is not restricted to just one age segment!

Improve metabolism

Now that your immune system is functioning properly, it is time to look at the metabolism rate. Those complex and complicated looking yoga postures, which in reality are just about trying and practicing, are boosters for your metabolism. Combine that with good diet and food habits, and voila, your metabolism rate is now under your control! Also, yoga has the power to help you lose weight by balancing the body’s metabolism.

Burn cholesterol

Excess cholesterol and bad cholesterol blocks the arteries and risks heart seizure. Yoga asanas help bring this under control by restraining the cholesterol in the blood. Several studies on this subject have proven the effectiveness of yoga in bringing the cholesterol level under control.

Radiant skin

Yoga is not just about creak-free joints and supple spine. Yoga asanas flush out toxins, which in turn add radiance to the skin. Bring in ayurveda here and all your skin related problems will vanish.

Shape up!

If you have spent hours in the gym trying to lose fat from the belly, yoga can help you out. Unlike gymming, yoga adds flexibility to the body and thus facilitates the ease of losing unwanted flab from difficult areas. With yoga by your side, chiseled abs are just an asana away.

Peace of mind

A healthy body is home to a healthy mind, and yoga is the path to understand your body and mind better. Practicing yoga on a regular basis brings focus, skill in action and emotional balance in life. It also calms and rejuvenates your mind, empowering you to deal with life in a much better way. Meditating for a couple of minutes also helps stay happy and focused.

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