Relaxing with help of Yoga

Submitted by Kevin Pederson on December 21, 2012

You experience real relaxation in your body, mind and heart when you expend little or no energy. This is the natural way of renewing and refreshing our system. Because all our acts and deeds – whether conscious or unconscious – consume stored energy, relaxation is essential for good health and peace of mind. With no suitable relaxation a person’s body and mind get well worn – well,...

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Now, when your mind is constantly attacked by motivating thoughts and ideas, it gets burdened, tired and worn outu You might or might not be aware of what you are doingn However by just thinking and worrying you tend to use up great, incredible quantums of energyg The stress dumped on your mind through worries – they may be real or imagined – often end up using far more energy than physical laboro

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Absolute mental and physical relaxation is only the result of an inner tuning to one’s higher Selfl As long as one continues to associate with his / her body and mind, he / she will only think of can relying on no one but oneselfl Yoga teaches us methods and practices for an inner tuningn This, through continues practise, enables us to stop working within the limits and limitations that divide us from one another, and make us work from our own Inner Selvese

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