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Benefits of yoga
Scientists at the world watch in wonder a reality that yoga instructors known for some time: the practice of this discipline regularly builds bone mass decreasing in many cases the chances of getting osteoporosis.

Yoga keeps the bone healthy and strong because through asanas that are performing the yoga postures, you can get benefits such as those outlined below.
* Will make significant rotations of the joints and spine: Many of the yoga postures widely rotate our joints and spine in different directions, significantly reducing the progression of rigidity and deterioration, thus keeping them in excellent condition.
* Strengthens muscles: the discipline strengthens the upper arms, shoulders and back muscles, because those who practice it must carry its own weight for the positions reversed. Also the upper femur in certain positions of equilibrium, alternating between this weight and the other leg. Read the rest of this entry »
Yoga Can Prevent Insomnia
Insomnia usually has one of two patterns: trouble falling asleep or trouble staying asleep. If you have difficulty falling asleep, try our sequence of deep relaxation and meditation (fully explained in many of our instructional books or tapes) in a lying-down position 30 minutes before bed to encourage a pleasant and restful sleep. This procedure works by relaxing each part of your body and then stopping mental conversation for a few minutes, giving your mind a rest from the constant barrage of thoughts, memories, anxieties, and reactions that keep you awake. Most anxious thoughts have to do with either the past or the future; meditation teaches you how to be more aware in the present moment, which gives you a deep rest.
Daily practice of Yoga meditation will help train your mind and body to stop thinking and stop action. It trains you to turn inward to a peaceful silence which encourages sleep. Practice must be done every day for 15 to 30 minutes for best results.These simple practices and easy-to-learn Yoga techniques can help you sleep better and awaken refreshed and energized. Read the rest of this entry »
Yoga : Natural Therapy
The word yoga means “unite” or “gathering” in Sanskrit. Yoga originated in India. Its origins come from a time remote Indo-European civilization. One of the treaties of yoga (the yoga sutras of Patanjali) is dated about 500 years before Jesus, is a treatise on Raja Yoga. Yoga schools in northern Hindus step then to Tibet where he flourished a very important school. Mental techniques of yoga were then exported in China, Japan (Zen) and throughout the Far East by Buddhist monks who use them extensively.
Yoga includes many branches that contribute to the full development of our various facets: Physical, psycho-physical, mental and spiritual. It also can help us find balance and well-being and the unity of body and soul. This can range from simple relaxation to spiritual search “meditation.”
Born of the different Yogas Hinduism are not tied to a religion. The believer and the atheist can practice yoga methods without principles at variance imposed his religious convictions.
The beneficial effects of yoga are:
On the physical plan of the influence of the different positions the elasticity is in harmony, the organs are fortified, balances the nervous system, glands regenerate and fortify the general dynamism.
About the plan psychic, yoga can eliminate various negative aspects of modern life as a sedentary lifestyle, abuse of unhealthy foods or the toxic drug, blocks generated by stress. Yoga With the spirit we find a relaxed, calm and serene, allowing us to solve problems in a more positive perspective.