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Yoga – A Remedy against stress of modern times

Walking the tightrope between modern life and our animal instincts, the human race strives to find balance. In our bodies, our minds, our environment, our life. Excited with our brains and our bodies more sedentary than ever, many of us suffer from fatigue and imbalance that comes from chronic stress without sufficient recovery. A yoga practice is a great way to calm nerves in a constant state of saturation. Yoga can help give us the chance to live a healthy life in the midst of hectic schedules and bustling environments. Why seems that as technology evolves at a rate so epic that we have less available? Now more than ever we need to reduce speed, quiet mind, take a deep breath …

Stress has become a chronic aspect of life for many of us, and takes its toll. The meaning nervous system pressure continues and remains very active production of stress hormones in excess over a period of time. This can be done Reserves the body, leaving us feeling exhausted or overwhelmed. Over time the immune system is weakened and the illness it causes fatigue mood swings, poor concentration and irritability. Stress is implicated in numerous health problems from migraines and insomnia lupus, multiple sclerosis, eczema, poor digestion, weight gain, high blood pressure and heart attacks. In situations softer a little stress can keep us on our toes and help us make it a challenge. However, in the chronicle of today's world, stress has become unprecedented and often taking a heavy toll on our bodies as it diminishes our quality of life.

In the city live the constant noise, light, radiation, radio waves, infrared rays and electromagnetic around us, always be an incentive Haggar mind that the central nervous system. We do not know not long-term effects of this "white noise". May not be aware of that, but our bodies register all that is happening around us. In our jobs and modes of life that are often involved in many tasks at once and the feeling that we are always the way and that, even when they have a free moment to we can not really relax.

What is stress?

In a difficult situation in the human brain responds to stressors by activating the nervous system and specific hormones. The hypothalamus (located in the center of the brain) signals the glands to produce more adrenal hormones adrenaline and cortisol and release them into the bloodstream. Heart rate, blood pressure and increase metabolism, blood vessels open wider to allow greater blood flow to large muscle groups, so that our muscles tense and put the brain on alert. Pupils dilate to improve vision. The liver releases a dose of stored glucose to increase energy body. Sweat is produced to cool the body. This chain reaction of physical effects happens to prepare the human body to respond quickly and effective, allowing them to handle the pressure of the moment. Cortisol is a steroid that increases the natural level of sugar in the blood (so that the muscles are much fuel) and suppresses inflammation but also suppresses the immune system. Adrenal hormones are catabolic, which means that support processes process biological burn energy and break down cellular structures. If you activate the adrenal glands and over again without sufficient recovery between two, your body is tired and exhausted.

Stress is necessary for man to remain self-sufficient, to survive. In the jungle, man former conspirator stress hormones when needed to fight against a bear or a tiger, or survive in extreme weather conditions. With a concrete defensive action of stress hormones in the blood are consumed involves the effects of stress and anxiety symptoms. In modern life we insist on some sharpening clear the web of our thinking, and encourage governments to achieve our true potential. Each step in the evolution human events by adapting to survive in extreme conditions and stress factors in our environment, as is currently the body is ready to act with greater force and speed, while the mind is sharp and focused. Stress and the human response to stress is necessary.

However, what we need now is to learn to adapt to our new world, to manage the increased softer, but stress constant is a better way and learn to release before it affects us negatively. When we fail to counter a stress situation such products Chemicals and hormones never released in the body and blood over a long period of time. This leads to a long list of symptoms such as muscle tension, anxiety outside focus, dizziness, rapid pulse, and encourages the mind and body in an almost constant state of alert in anticipation fight or flight (known as the fight or flight response).

accumulated stress can increase the risk of both acute and chronic psychosomatic and cause headaches all, the irritable bowel syndrome, the common cold and fatigue, to diseases like hypertension, asthma, diabetes, heart disease and even cancer. Many doctors and psychologists even argue that 70 to 90% of adult visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related problems .**

How Stress Affects Yoga

Improve the natural functions of the agency:

To recover from the fatigue associated with chronic stress, we have to do things that turn off the adrenal hormones and promote secretion anabolic hormones. Yoga poses some, such as investments will help stimulate the glands in the brain (pituitary, pineal gland). Entering the state alpha is very important. The alpha state is considered the ideal waking state, where we reached the top of our thought process creative, while the body is in a cycle of healing. Alpha state is often achieved in Savasana; last Raised in the practice of yoga at home.

Yoga, deep breathing, symmetrical, twists, stretches and balancing postures help to improve the natural functions the body, keeping the spine flexible home of the nervous system, increasing the flow of fluid in the spine and stimulate the glands and blood and lymph circulation in the body. Muscles are lengthened and toxins are released. Pranayama (breathing exercises) and looks like a cat roll the spine with the breath can help eliminate and erase the lung tissue.

Innate Yoga helps us to create a balance, knowing our bodies, to recognize when they are not balanced both on and off the mat. On a purely physical level hatha yoga is strength, flexibility, grace. Part of the philosophy of yoga is to take the approach to strengthen and heal the body in the healing and purifying the mind. Yoga views the body with multiple layers. Asana (physical yoga postures) affect the body but also these deeper layers, on the road to creating a set balance of the car. Hatha yoga practice creates free flow of energy.

Release tension:

stressed people tend to have a lot of physical tension in their bodies. Yoga helps to unlock and release tension before they can accumulate over time and become chronic physical and psychological conditions. As we release physical blockages, toxins and the body's limits, the fact of the mind, spirit and emotions. The benefits of yoga postures (asanas), breathing (pranayama) and meditation (dhyana) include increased awareness of the body, relaxation muscle tension and increased coordination between mind and body leading to better manage stress and cultivate a sense of general well-being

During the break in the poses of yoga as a child pose, abdominal tension is released. This allows internal organs to promote relaxation and deep breathing to improve digestion and reproduction. This deep rest provided by the central nervous system need a lot of time "for" nice "mode (state calm relaxation, free from the "flight or flight response to stress") to recover and rejuvenate. Creating targets through a series of postures specific also helps us to really take your mind of work stress and other factors.

Breathing:

Normally, the body follows rate of natural breathing is slow and fairly regulated. In stressful situations when the body shows symptoms such as muscle tension, distraction, anxiety, hyperactivity and angry reactions, breathing becomes rapid and shallow. You tend to hold their breath frequently. Restricted entry to breathe oxygen decreases. The lungs are not able to breathe the foul air and residual toxins accumulate in the body. stiff muscles restrict blood flow to oxygen, even fewer toxins are eliminated. What affects the regeneration of healthy cells and can accelerate aging and disease. Medical studies show that cells deprived of oxygen are the main factors that contribute to cancer, immunity deficiency, heart disease and stroke. Breathing also affects our mood and therefore allows our thinking is muddled or unclear. Lengthening and deepening of breathing of yoga creates a more balanced state. A change in breathing pattern creates a change in the metabolic process, emotions, endorphins, chemical reactions, internal, and the release of specific hormones. Mind affects the body, the body affects the mind.

Mind Council of connection:

The sensitivity achieved by the practice of yoga helps develop a level of competence in culture, observing and choosing a posture, breathing, emotions, and food more wisely. As you practice you learn to listen to our bodies. Whenever we experience an emotion, our bodies register this emotion and mirror. The next time she is anger, stress, fear, and do not notice exactly what is happening in his own body at that time. Tight muscles? How respiration was affected? How was your position? Your heart beats faster? What affects you and why? Are you able to see as is the case?

During the time of yoga helps us to release unwanted emotional patterns and physical. The practice of yoga is ideal for providing recovery It can also help you cope with stressful situations, without having a strong negative reaction. Mindfulness – awareness of body-mind cultivated by Yoga practice allows us to emotions that arise, the detection of what is the cause of the emotion and how emotion affects the body / Spirit. As Patanjali says in his Yoga Sutras **, "Yoga stifles the fluctuations of the mind." It slows down the mental loops and patterns of frustration, grief, anger, fear and desire that can cause stress. Whatever your age, you can release the past traumas, feelings of guilt or inadequacy, denial, patterns of feeling unable to communicate or connect, patterns of addiction, (which leads to more guilt and denial). We clearly need these models to keep cool is alive or not an accumulation, obstruction, both physically and mentally. We must continually release these psycho-somatic holding patterns. As you release blockages, toxins, and tightness in the physical, also do in spirit, mind and emotions.

Consciousness inside and outside sur-in is required. They are one and the same. Through a regular practice of yoga develops a state of equilibrium on a constant basis and this results in the life of carpet. We become better able to handle everything we face in life, managing life with more grace, ease and the presence the more objective perspective. Continue to remain open in the top game, at the time, able to really enjoy each day to the fullest. How we are dealing with colleagues and friends or family, by nature transformed. The way we perceive things around us and what we are as a person of a moment to another, he becomes. Our sense of self-perception is the root of our own lives. From there, the world is taking shape around us. As you become more aware of ourselves we can be less critical, more open, honest, and take things less personally. True wisdom comes from within, knowledge self and a clear eye.If to learn to relax your mind, you're likely to live longer and fuller with better health. Yoga and meditation some offer the same benefits as antidepressants without side effects.

No wonder yoga has soared to such heights of popularity. Through yoga practice we begin to find a feeling of fullness. We become more aware. We create a balance in our bodies, in our minds, our lives. As we evolve individually and come to a state of being open and authentic, also evolve as a species, create a better world for us all.

About the Author

Michelle Trantina is a certified Hatha Yoga Teacher. She is the co-founder of My Yoga Online and My Yoga Music. She can also be seen in the national Yoga television series Namaste on HDTV and CityTV. To learn more about Michelle Trantina and My Yoga Online, visit www.myyogaonline.com and www.myyogamusic.com

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