How To Relieve Extreme Stress Through Yoga
The practice of Yoga is known to have calming, positive effects on a person’s parasympathetic nervous system that help bring down both the heartbeat as well as the blood pressure. This, in turn reduces your body’s demand for oxygen. Yoga practices also help increase lung capacity, strengthen the immune system, improve digestion and effectively purge toxic wastes. Good use of Yoga practices can also help bring down chances of stress turning into more serious depression and anxiety disorders.
All Yoga practices involve certain yoga exercises that are slow stretching movements, asanas or body postures and pranayamas or breathing exercises that result in progressive relaxation. While all these techniques are designed for a definite purpose, they should be learned at an institute and under expert guidance. All Yoga practices are known to result in deep relaxation as well as a higher awareness of what is going on, both within oneself, something we are so unaware of most of the time, and of our surroundings as well. Emotionally, physically, mentally and energetically, you develop an understanding of every part of your body just by becoming more aware. So, in essence Yoga practice involves paying attention to all parts of your body which is why it is a holistic therapy that results in a health, happy, stress free life.
Every person’s natural physical relaxation is a great antidote to anxiety and stress. Yogic relaxation techniques include progressive muscle relaxation, deep breathing, visualization and meditation that help activate this relaxation response. If you practice them regularly, they result in the reduction of everyday stress levels while boosting up energy and together with that, feelings of serenity and joy. Moreover, they also become a protective armor in the hustle and bustle of everyday life by helping you remain calm and collected in the face of difficult situations. This is particularly true for us today because of rising stress levels and intense competitiveness at the work place.
There are a number of Yoga techniques that have been documented in helping to reduce and manage stress. These techniques include asanas or physical poses, pranayamas or breathing techniques, specific relaxation techniques such as Shavasana, or the Corpse Pose and meditation techniques. Despite their differing effects, if practiced regularly under expert guidance, they can help relieve you of the negative effects of physical, mental as well as emotional stress, by ensuring a productive and healthy response to all stress stimuli.
