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8-minutes to better sleep with yoga

by Benny Jones Jr. on November 19, 2009

in Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness Coaching

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Why yoga?

Yoga is aimed to unite the mind, the body, and the spirit. Yoga helps you become more aware of your body’s posture, alignment and patterns of movement. Yoga makes the body more flexible and helps you relax even in the midst of a stress stricken environment. Yoga helps you to feel fitter, be more energetic, be happier and peaceful.

Yoga’s health benefits

Benefits are grouped into three categories: physiological, psychological, biochemical effects.

Physiological Benefits of Yoga

  • Respiratory rate decreases
  • Blood Pressure decreases (of special significance for hyporeactors)
  • Endocrine function normalizes
  • Musculoskeletal flexibility and joint range of motion increase
  • Energy level increases
  • Weight normalizes
  • Sleep improves
  • Immunity increases

    • Psychological Benefits of Yoga

  • Mood improves and subjective well-being increases
  • Self-acceptance and self-actualization increase
  • Social adjustment increases
  • Anxiety and Depression decrease
  • Hostility decreases
  • Concentration improves
  • Memory improves
  • Attention improves

    • Biochemical Benefits of Yoga

  • Glucose decreases
  • Sodium decreases
  • Total cholesterol decreases

    • Yoga is effective in:

    Yoga increasies flexibility

    Yoga increases lubrication of the joints, ligaments and tendons

    Yoga massages all organs of the body

    Yoga can detoxify the body

    Yoga is excellent at toning the muscles

    Yoga exercises to perform before bed

    UPSIDE.DOWN RELAXATION: 2-Minutes

    WNDING.DOWN TWIST: 1-Minute

    NIGHTTIME GODDESS STRETCH: 2-Minutes

    CHILD’s POSE: 2-Minutes

    ROCK.A.BYE ROLL: 1-Minute

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