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What is Yoga?
Yoga, an ancient practice originating in India, offers a myriad of benefits by aligning the mind, body, and soul . Through a combination of physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation, yoga promotes flexibility, strength, and balance. It enhances mental clarity, reduces stress, and cultivates inner peace.
Regular practice can improve cardiovascular health, boost immune function, alleviate chronic pain and many detrimental diseases. Moreover, yoga fosters self-awareness, mindfulness, and a deeper connection with oneself. Embracing yoga as a holistic discipline empowers individuals to embrace a healthier and more harmonious way of life.
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Benefits Of Yoga
Yoga offers a myriad of benefits that harmonize the body and mind. Physical advantages include enhanced flexibility, strength, and posture. Mental well-being is nurtured through stress reduction, heightened mindfulness, and improved focus.
It promotes relaxation and better sleep while fostering a sense of inner peace. Yoga’s diverse techniques massage internal organs, improving digestion and immunity. The practice also cultivates body awareness and self-acceptance.
Overall, yoga empowers individuals to embark on a holistic journey towards improved physical health, mental clarity, and emotional balance, making it a transformative and enriching experience for people of all ages and walks of life.
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About Yogasutra
PRIYA YADAV
Founder Of Yogasutra
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Yogasutra is not only a platform for practicing yoga but also a powerful platform for natural healing. It offers a comprehensive approach to achieving balance and harmony in the body by addressing the energy centers known as chakras. By removing toxicity and blockages, Yogasutra helps restore the flow of vital energy, promoting overall well-being.
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Yoga is a technique that will help you align your body, mind, and soul. This is a process of physical exercise as well as mindfulness meditation. Yoga has numerous advantages for both the body and the mind. Physical asanas give you flexibility and strength. Meditation gives you mental strength and helps you correct your breathing pattern so that oxygen can flow to every channel of the body. Meditation also helps you in multiple ways, like in dealing with depression, hormonal changes, irritation, the nervous system, etc.
Always wear comfortable, light, and breathable outfits in your yoga classes. Please wear pastel shades or white colour yoga clothes. It relaxes your mind and helps you to feel calm. The best yoga clothes for women and men are to wear loose and cotton fabric clothes. It is not only good in comfort and absorbs sweat but also avoids distraction from the focus.
It would be best to practice yoga at least 3-4 times a week. A simple 30 minutes yoga is good for the health. But to see fruitful results, one should take a challenge of 21 days and practice yoga as well as meditation.
There is no restriction on performing yoga asanas. There is a myth that yoga needs flexibility but that’s not the reality, by practicing yoga daily will give you flexibility and strength. If a person is unfit then he/she can consult doctors before performing and can restrict certain types of yoga asanas.
Yes, it is absolutely necessary to have a right kind of non-slippery yoga mat for practicing yoga asanas. There are wide varieties of yoga mats available in market but some of them can cause injury. It is better to choose the best one for you by seeing the product thickness, product material, etc.
There are contraindications to every set of workouts. You have to know your health better and not perform the yoga asanas, which will worsen it. There are examples where you should be very well aware of performing asanas, including the following:
1. Pregnancy
2. Asthma
3. Knee Pain
4. Sciatica Pain
5. High blood pressure
6. Surgeries, etc
Yes, “Yoga is for everyone,” and there is no limitation on an individual’s age to perform yoga. There are limitations on the abilities of the body. Selecting the right type of yoga for your body will improve your strength and flexibility while also slowing the ageing process of the body.
No, It is not recommended to eat anything 3 hours before performing yoga. Practitioners has strictly suggests that do not eat 3-4 hours before yoga and do not drink water at least 1 hour before performing yoga asnas.
The main purpose of yoga is to align your body, mind, and, soul. Physical asnas gives strengh and flexibility to your body and meditation strengthens your nervous system as well as thoughts.
The 8 elements of patanjali’s yogasutra’s are-
1. Yama- Truth, non violence, control of sexual energy, non- greed, non stealing.
2. Niyama- Purity, contentment, surrender of the ego.
3. Asana- Physical postures.
4. Pranayama- Control of vital energy
5. Pratyahara- Withdrawal of the senses.
6. Dharana- Concentration of mind
7. Dhyana- Meditation
8. Samadhi- The super conscious state.
Yes, yogis do prefer a vegetarian diet, as eating animals increases uric acid and, later, harms the body. A healthy plant-based diet is best for yogis’ bodies and minds.
A spiritual journey is the most powerful journey as it helps you heal physically as well as mentally. There are few steps will will guide you to heal spiritually-
1. Read spiritual books.
2. Meditation at least 30 minutes twice a a day.
3. Perform physical yoga asanas.
4. Learn and opt your hobbies like- painting, music, dance, etc.
5. Nature is very powerful in healing. Spend some time in nature and dedicate yourself towards it.
6. Adapt healthy food habits.