Yoga and Stress

Yoga and Stress is the new subject for debate, discussion and research worldwide



Yoga therapy is doing a lot of research into the subject. According to Yoga, stress is nothing but an imbalance, and that is misery. In the body and mind, stress is too much, unnecessary speed



Hence, a demanding situation results in pain. This, subsequently, brings about illness s and sicknesses. At the emotional level, imbalances show up as upsurges caused by strong likes and dislikes.

Stress is not the usual, specific, fundamental response pattern of a person’s body to challenging situations



The main function of stress is to get the body ready for physical activity like resistance or flight. However, if the person in question lacks the ability to restore either to fight or flight that is, he or she is incapable of relieving the stress reaction, then it gives rise to distress. This, in turn, shows up in the form of psychosomatic disorders.

A person trying to lead a successful life according to the expectations and conventional norms of the society today is continually confronted by fast accumulating stresses In an attempt to attain to those standards of living, he / she throw caution to the winds, regardless of worries, anxieties or difficulties.

In today’s world, people tend to think and act much faster compared to folks half a century ago. This pace of life has not limited itself just to the level at which the person is able to be more capable in his mind and body. It has moved to further ungovernable levels This mental activity is so much and so quick that the person’s system finds itself incapable of coping up any more. This pace has also made the individual emotionally charged. The result is that the person gets upset psychologically and emotionally by small things In fact, it happens to such a great extent that it often even leads to disasters. The growing number of divorces is proof of this hyper-sensitized and highly excitable state of man’s personality today.