How to do Yoga and Meditation For stress Reduction

RISHIKESH, India - Dec. 29, 2018 - PRLog -- We can't entirely avoid stress in our lives. A little bit of short-term stress may actually be quite helpful in certain situations, but stress that goes beyond the short term is not good. Prolonged stress can make you physically, emotionally and mentally disturbed and can affect your sleep, digestion, and relationships.

Yoga can help you with stress reduction in many ways. Some of the key benefits of yoga in terms of stress management are listed below-

     Yoga relaxes the body-

When it comes to stress reduction, yoga can be as soothing as a hug or a massage. Some asanas have a deeply calming effect on the whole body, balasana (child's pose) has a wonderful ability to soothe the adrenal gland and create internal and external calmness.

     Relaxes the mind-

Meditation practice is an incredibly powerful tool when it comes relaxing and slowing down the mind, during meditation, everything starts to focus and slows down. With repeated practice, you start to develop new habits towards a more relaxed internal state.

     Breathe more effectively-

Stress and tension can make us breathe rapidly and in a shallow manner, which can lead to more anxiety. Various yoga positions are useful for reducing stress, for example, brahmari, Nadi shodhana and ujjayi breath.

     Develop a connection between mind and body-

Having the ability to respond is really important for our wellbeing when the mind and body are connected, there is generally a great sense of harmony which eases out our lives. Yoga teaches us to be sensitive to each movement and to listen to our bodies. The practice encourages us to be present at the moment and to live in a more mindful conscious and connected way.

     Releases emotional energy-

Emotional pressure often gets released in an unrefined way, such as shouting and getting unreasonably fired up on small things. Negative emotions like anger, guilt and fear can cause stress, particularly if they are not expressed.

Yoga practice helps us to effectively release emotional energy, postures that release hips and shoulders are particularly effective in releasing stress.

Certain poses in Yoga can help you reduce stress and make you more mindful, some of them are listed below:-

1.      Garudasana or the eagle pose, it requires you to concentrate and focus the mind on a single point. It is an excellent stress management tool.

2.      Uttanasana or standing forward fold

3.      Sputa baddha konasana or the reclined bound angle pose

4.      Vajrasana or the thunderbolt pose

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