By John Rivers
Whether you're six or sixty - or beyond, Yoga can enhance your life, both mentally and physically. A child can benefit from Yoga's self-discipline and mental and physical dexterity.
A senior citizen can benefit from the increased mobility, improved concentration and memory and much more. Practicing Yoga regularly will naturally improve every aspect of the functioning of your body and mind.
Here are some simple aspects of Yoga that will physically and mentally help all age groups:
Flexibility - Yoga exercises are fun for children and help them keep the natural flexibility they're born with. Older people can also become more flexible and can also help with health problems such as arthritis and bad circulation - no matter what time in life they begin the Yoga practice.
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Teens can also benefit from the mental aspects of Yoga by building their inner strength so they're more able to resist hormonal urges and bad influences.
Eases Pregnancies - Young mothers can benefit from Yoga exercises, both mental and physical. The backaches and poor circulation that sometimes occurs during pregnancy can be alleviated with gentle, but effective Yoga exercises.
One word of caution - before practicing Yoga during pregnancy, check with your health care professional to be sure that you're performing the correct exercises for yours and the baby's health.
Obesity - All age groups where there are overweight conditions can benefit from the practice of Yoga. Overeating that results from anxiety, depression and genetic maladies can be greatly helped by the meditation and poses of Yoga.
When you build a more powerful body and have a more empowered mind, you can resist urges much easier than you can when you're physically and mentally impaired.
Asthma and Allergies - People of any age group who suffer from allergies and the debilitating effects of asthma can benefit from the deep breathing and relaxation techniques of Yoga.
Deep breathing opens passageways and delivers much needed oxygen to the body and mind. Yoga's relaxation techniques were found to be very helpful in children who suffer from asthma.
Concentration and Memory - Children who suffer from ADHD can greatly benefit from the Yoga exercises that concentrate on focusing the mind.
If you have a child in school, you'll likely notice a marked improvement in his or her concentration abilities. Practicing Yoga after the age of 50 can do wonders for your memory and to keep the disease of Alzheimer's at bay.
The vitality and sharpness that can be developed by practicing Yoga techniques are necessary for any age group. All of the Yoga asanas are designed to help the body physically and mentally - increasing creativity and intuition besides the obvious physical benefits.
Grow Old Gracefully
Whether you're a young beginner to the practice of Yoga or a senior citizen who needs to increase flexibility and mental acuteness, Yoga has something wonderful in store for you.
As you learn and grow from your Yoga experience, you'll find a difference when you look in the mirror and when you move your body. The new flexibility you'll enjoy can be obtained by practicing stretching exercises for a few moments a day.
You'll wonder at the ease of these valuable, yet gentle exercises and will soon look forward to every Yoga session. After awhile of practicing Yoga, most people say that they have a new attitude and a new appreciation of life.
Yoga as an exercise is nearly perfect - and Yoga as a stress reliever and mind relaxer can slow down the ravages of time as we age and help every aspect of our mental concentration and well-being.
Enter the practice of Yoga with an open mind and expect to feel better than you ever have.
Namaste! ("I honor the place within you where the entire universe resides.")
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Saturday, 25 April 2015
Yoga Treats Troublesome Bladders
By Tabbu Verma
Yoga is considered as one of the best remedies for any kind of health problem. Yoga surely does make you feel rejuvenated and regenerated. And some specific yoga programmes can treat a specific health problem that you might be suffering from quite a long time. Pelvic floor muscle excises also known as Kegel exercises are proved effective for Pelvic health and reducing mental stress in women. Researchers from the University of California, San Fransisco discovered a yoga training program that helps women gain more control over their urination and avoid accidental urine leakage.
The reasons why yoga is used for curing variety of health conditions like metabolic syndrome or pain syndromes are:
Yoga helps increase the mindful awareness
Yoga increases the relaxation
Relieves anxiety and stress
This is why, researchers feel that yoga could definitely help treat pelvic incontinence as well. As, the women who practiced the specific yoga-programme for 6 weeks experienced an overall 70 percent improvement of their pelvic incontinence. The frequency of their urine leakage decreased considerable when compared to the baseline.
Read also : Transform the Approach of Living With Yoga
Most of the women observed improvement in stress incontinence or urine leakage brought by activities that increases abdominal pressure such as coughing, sneezing and bending over.
Incontinence is associated with anxiety and depression, therefore yoga is believed to improve urinary incontinence through more than one mechanism. Yoga indulges in mindful awareness, meditation and relaxation. Hence, these mind activities can help reduce stress and improve the problem in women. Almost, 80 percent of women in their 40's and 50's suffer from this common problem, many young women also suffer from it. And regular practice of yoga can help women strengthen the pelvic muscle to prevent any urinary leakage by supporting the bladder.
Yoga exercises are specifically developed to improve the incontinence in women. These exercises were developed keeping older women in mind, so that it would be safe for them as well to perform yoga "asanas." It is widely used in Iyengar (a type of Hatha) yoga that can be modified for women of all ages. Some of the asanas that help treat incontinence in women includes:
Tadasana or Mountain Pose: Tadasana helps improve the posture of the body by increasing the flexibility of ankles, knees and hip joints. Tadasna strengthens the pelvic muscles, thereby preventing them from pelvic incontinence. Tadasana is popularly known for controlling the muscular movements.
Utkatasana (chair pose): this asana help in toning, stretching and strengthening the muscles of the urinary sphincter.
Moola Bandha (perineal contraction): It is an another exercise that tone up the muscles of the region between the anus and the genitals by repeated contraction, resulting in their improved functionality in stopping the involuntary flow of urine from the urinary bladder.
Viparita Karani (legs up the Wall pose): Viparita Karani is a wonderful yoga exercise that improves blood flow to the genitals. This exercise can be easily performed by lying on the bed and raising your legs up against the wall and allowing the blood to flow into your genitals.
Savasana ( corpse pose): After every asana, relax your body for 10 seconds, this is called savasana. You lay down of the floor and keep your hands and feet relaxed, with your palms touching the ground.
All types for yoga does not help in urinary incontinence. The aforementioned asanas are some of the specific asanas that directly address the pelvic problems. Yoga is an inexpensive and effective way to treat Pelvic incontinence as compared to traditional costly and time-intensive rehabilitation therapy.
Article Source: Yoga Treats Troublesome Bladders
Yoga is considered as one of the best remedies for any kind of health problem. Yoga surely does make you feel rejuvenated and regenerated. And some specific yoga programmes can treat a specific health problem that you might be suffering from quite a long time. Pelvic floor muscle excises also known as Kegel exercises are proved effective for Pelvic health and reducing mental stress in women. Researchers from the University of California, San Fransisco discovered a yoga training program that helps women gain more control over their urination and avoid accidental urine leakage.
The reasons why yoga is used for curing variety of health conditions like metabolic syndrome or pain syndromes are:
Yoga helps increase the mindful awareness
Yoga increases the relaxation
Relieves anxiety and stress
This is why, researchers feel that yoga could definitely help treat pelvic incontinence as well. As, the women who practiced the specific yoga-programme for 6 weeks experienced an overall 70 percent improvement of their pelvic incontinence. The frequency of their urine leakage decreased considerable when compared to the baseline.
Read also : Transform the Approach of Living With Yoga
Most of the women observed improvement in stress incontinence or urine leakage brought by activities that increases abdominal pressure such as coughing, sneezing and bending over.
Incontinence is associated with anxiety and depression, therefore yoga is believed to improve urinary incontinence through more than one mechanism. Yoga indulges in mindful awareness, meditation and relaxation. Hence, these mind activities can help reduce stress and improve the problem in women. Almost, 80 percent of women in their 40's and 50's suffer from this common problem, many young women also suffer from it. And regular practice of yoga can help women strengthen the pelvic muscle to prevent any urinary leakage by supporting the bladder.
Yoga exercises are specifically developed to improve the incontinence in women. These exercises were developed keeping older women in mind, so that it would be safe for them as well to perform yoga "asanas." It is widely used in Iyengar (a type of Hatha) yoga that can be modified for women of all ages. Some of the asanas that help treat incontinence in women includes:
Tadasana or Mountain Pose: Tadasana helps improve the posture of the body by increasing the flexibility of ankles, knees and hip joints. Tadasna strengthens the pelvic muscles, thereby preventing them from pelvic incontinence. Tadasana is popularly known for controlling the muscular movements.
Utkatasana (chair pose): this asana help in toning, stretching and strengthening the muscles of the urinary sphincter.
Moola Bandha (perineal contraction): It is an another exercise that tone up the muscles of the region between the anus and the genitals by repeated contraction, resulting in their improved functionality in stopping the involuntary flow of urine from the urinary bladder.
Viparita Karani (legs up the Wall pose): Viparita Karani is a wonderful yoga exercise that improves blood flow to the genitals. This exercise can be easily performed by lying on the bed and raising your legs up against the wall and allowing the blood to flow into your genitals.
Savasana ( corpse pose): After every asana, relax your body for 10 seconds, this is called savasana. You lay down of the floor and keep your hands and feet relaxed, with your palms touching the ground.
All types for yoga does not help in urinary incontinence. The aforementioned asanas are some of the specific asanas that directly address the pelvic problems. Yoga is an inexpensive and effective way to treat Pelvic incontinence as compared to traditional costly and time-intensive rehabilitation therapy.
Article Source: Yoga Treats Troublesome Bladders
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