Yoga Eases Fibromyalgia Symptoms
..., one of several neurotransmitters responsible for mood and adaptation to stress.
Muscle soreness results directly from an imbalance in neurological and endocrine functions.
Though muscle soreness is the main symptom of the syndrome, it is certainly not the only one. Other symptoms include disturbed sleep patterns, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and feelings of numbness in the extremities.
A number of conditions tend to co-occur with fibromyalgia, including irritable bowel syndrome, headaches, mitral valve prolapse, and a great deal more.
Yoga can clearly help with the symptoms, and may someday prove to address the underlying causes of fibromyalgia as well.
To date, there is no published study on yoga's ability to regulate serotonin levels. However, western medicine in recent years is proving over and again what the yogis have claimed all along - that yoga is a prescription for...more
Physiological Benefits Of Yoga - III
...o help to reduce the pain. One can induce the body to relax and free itself from tension by lengthening ones exhalation time, since muscles tend to relax when we exhale. Awareness of breathing and controlling ones inhalations and exhalations are useful in calming down and slowing respiration, even as this procedure helps one relax and successfully manage pain.
Incorporating relaxation and meditation techniques in Yoga also goes a long way i...more
stress management Through Yoga
...ing stress, in this part of Yoga a person sits in a posture (usually in relaxing mode) and concentrate his / her mind over one point with eyes closed. The mind is concentrated upto an extent when an individual feels that he / she has no interaction with the surroundings, infact the mind reaches in a neutral stage thereby relieving mental exhaustion. Hence yoga provides the best cure to this serious ailment which is disrupting the life of millions of people daily. Anyone practicing yoga daily is rarely suspected to stress, as yoga creates the mind and body immune to stress.
Finally Yoga has and is proving itself as Stress management Tool and now a days it is being used in Western world too as a major alternative to the offensive allopathic drugs.
...moreHatha Yoga for Prevention of Ailments
...its smoking and decides to replace his habit with walking and Yoga. My guess is John will live a decade or decades longer, in good health, because of his decision.
now, lets get back to reality. If the average person quits smoking, he or she will replace this habit by eating more, and sitting on the couch for decades, until the body cannot take it any longer. The solution is to strategically replace poor health habits with good habits, which result in better quality life.
Many st...more
