Question

Importance of practicing Yoga

Answer 1

The art of practicing yoga helps in controlling an individual's mind, body and soul. It brings together physical and mental disciplines to achieve a peaceful body and mind; it helps manage stress and anxiety and keeps you relaxing. It also helps in increasing flexibility, muscle strength and body tone......

Answer 2

Answer:

Different practices of yoga involve specific movements and postures in combination with the complete focus of the mind, breathing techniques, and mind relaxation techniques like meditation. Yoga helps to maintain good heart health by:

• Reducing blood pressure, heart rate and blood cholesterol

• Increasing lung capacity

• Improving blood circulation

• Improving body mass index and reducing waistline

• Yoga reduces mental stress and keeps the body light which in turn aids to reduce the stress on heart

• Yoga increases exercise capacity of an individual and thereby improves heart functions

• Yoga reduces blood inflammation markers and controls heart diseases

• Specific asanas of the yoga-like Tadasana, Vrikshasana, trikonasana, Utthita Hastapadasana etc help to maintain good heart Health