Yoga and Healthy Lifestyle

  “Yogah citta vrtti nirodhah” –Pathanjali yoga sutras

 Yogah citta vrtti nirodhah denotes the Sanskrit definition of yoga which means cessation of modification of mind.

Yoga defines a life style modification. Yoga leads to a healthy lifestyle. In the current scenario or in this contemporary era it’s a sedentary lifestyle. Busy schedule of the people without any physical activity leads chronic lifestyle disorders like diabetes mellites, hypertension , hyperlipidemia , CVD ( cardiovascular diseases) etc. So it’s mandatory to keep a healthy regimen for the everyday life.

Healthy Lifestyle

What is healthy lifestyle? Healthy lifestyle is something which we create our-self.  This includes

• Waking early morning
• Drinking water
• Exercise/Yoga
• Balanced diet
• Avoiding unhealthy food
• Eat on time
• Avoid overeating
• Good sleep

These are considered as the fundamentals for a healthy lifestyle. Here we can discuss about the principles of yoga and also the yogic management for a healthy style.

Yogic Management

“It is health that is real wealth not pieces of gold & silver”  – Mahatma Gandhi

Yoga is one such exercise that does not have any age restrictions. It is simple yet effective. Yoga derived from a Sanskrit word ‘Yuj’ which means ‘to unite or to integrate’. It is a 5000-year-old Indian ancient and ascetic discipline. Yoga is an art which works on physical & mental health. It’s the only technique which concentrates on breathing. So yogic way of life is essential for a healthy lifestyle.

Physiological Benefits of yoga 

• Improves the lung capacity
• Improves blood circulation
• Improves quality of sleep
• Enhance endorphins and reduce   Stress hormones.
• Boosts metabolism
• Helps in lowering blood glucose level
• Helps in boosting immunity

Yoga is a simple and accurate way to improve or modify the lifestyle.Just spend half an hour to on hour session everyday. Make it as a daily routine. Feel the changes within our body .

Yogic techniques for the daily routine

Let’s see some of the yogic techniques for the daily routine.

1. Sukshma Vyayama / Loosening Exercise

Sukshma Vyayama otherwise called as loosening exercise mainly done to loose down or reduce the siffness of each joints.

Benefits of loosening exercise

• Relaxes the joints and muscles
• Increases flexibility
• Reduces muscle stiffness

2. Pranayama / Breathing exercise           

Benefits of Pranayama

• Improves lung capacity
• Reduces anxiety and stress
• Promotes mental stability
• Improves blood circulation

3. Surya Namaskar

Benefits of Surya Namaskara

• Improves sleep quality
• Facilitates good metabolism
• Detox the body
• Increase the energy level
• Reduce weight gain

Reference

• insightscare.com
• Pubmed.com
• Asana mudra banda pranayama( APMB book)