| The most important benefit of yoga is physical and mental therapy. Regular practice of yoga can alleviate ailments such as diabetes, blood pressure, digestive disorders, arthritis, arteriosclerosis, chronic fatigue, asthma, varicose veins and heart conditions. Laboratory tests have proved the yogi's increased abilities of consciously controlling autonomic or involuntary functions, such as temperature, heartbeat and blood pressure.
Yoga creates balance in the nervous and endocrine systems which directly influence all the other systems and organs of the body. Yoga acts both as a curative and preventive therapy. The very essence of yoga lies in attaining mental peace, improved concentration powers, a relaxed state of living and harmony in relationships.
Yogic breathing helps to cleanse and nourish the physical body. You are supplying a great amount of oxygen, an element that is essential to every cell in the body. As you exhale, the waste products are being expelled. Breathing also helps to connect to where tremendous potential energy is stored. When tapped through specific yogic breathing techniques, this vital energy is released for physical and mental rejuvenation. Plus breathing crosses over into the mental and spiritual realms, tapping the power of the subconscious mind, and spiritual energies.
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