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What yoga is beneficial to quit smoking
(23 Jan 2009)
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It is nice to know that you are considering yoga to help quit smoking. Many people who are addicted to smoking try several different ways to quit this harmful habit but most of them fail and go back to it. This maybe either due to poor will or due to the reason that they picked a wrong method to quit smoking. Yoga helps you to quit smoking as it works from deep inside your body and makes you more aware of each and every limb in your body. When you join a regular yoga class or practice simple yoga asanas or poses and pranayama or breathing techniques at home it makes you aware of your breathing pattern and the way your body moves and reacts to it. The yoga asanas or postures require a lot of focus, strength and balance and when you achieve it, that helps you realize the way every limb in your body moves and you develop a sense of confidence in your body. It makes you want to care for it and refuse all that is unhealthy for it. Thus it helps you to quit smoking.
Besides yoga asanas or poses and the pranayama or the breathing exercises put pressure on different parts of your body in a systematic way that helps to deeply cleanse and detoxify it so all the harmful toxins and waste matter is eliminated from it. This also helps to stimulate the various glands in your body to optimize their functioning so your body rejuvenates itself naturally from deep within. After this happens your body will naturally start rejecting anything that is unhealthy for it and you would feel repulsed by the idea of smoking a cigarette or consuming anything that is not healthy for your body. Yoga asanas or poses along with Dhyana or meditation and pranayama or breathing exercises helps you to overcome your emotional problems as it relieves stress, tension and worry which are among the main reasons for people to smoke. It also makes you more confident about yourself so you do not go back to your old habits.
Besides this yoga strengthens and boosts your immune system and the pranayama or breathing exercises increase the capacity of your lungs and reverse the damage caused to your body by smoking too much. It also helps to curb the craving for cigarettes and nicotine that is generally experienced by people who smoke too much and suddenly stop smoking. Most of the people who stop smoking experience a sudden weight gain; yoga helps avoid this as it works out your entire system.
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answered by G M on 23 Jan 2009, 5:15:53
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