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Kathleen Riley, ND


Top 10 Reasons to Try Yoga: 1. STRESS RELIEF:


Yoga reduces the physical effects of stress on the body. By encouraging relax- ation, yoga helps to lower the levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Related benefits include lowering blood pressure and heart rate, improving digestion and boosting the immune system as well as easing symptoms of conditions such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, asthma and insomnia.


2. PAIN RELIEF: Yoga can ease pain. Studies have


demonstrated that practicing yoga asanas (postures), meditation or a combination of the two, reduced pain for people with conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, auto-immune diseases and hypertension as well as arthritis, back and neck pain, and other chronic conditions. Some practitio- ners report that even emotional pain can be eased through the practice of yoga.


3. BETTER BREATHING:


Yoga teaches people to take slower, deeper breaths. This helps to improve lung function, trigger the body's relaxation re- sponse and increase the amount of oxygen available to the body.


4. FLEXIBILITY: Yoga helps to improve flexibility and


mobility, increasing range of movement and reducing aches and pains. Many people can't touch their toes during their first yoga class. Gradually they begin to use the correct muscles. Over time, the ligaments, tendons and muscles lengthen, increasing elasticity, making more poses possible. Yoga also helps to improve body alignment resulting in better posture and helping to relieve back, neck, joint and muscle problems.


5. INCREASED STRENGTH: Yoga asanas (postures) use every muscle


in the body, helping to increase strength literally from head to toe. And, while these postures strengthen the body, they also provide an additional benefit of helping to relieve muscular tension.


6. WEIGHT MANAGEMENT:


Yoga (even less vigorous styles) can aid weight control efforts by reducing the cortisol levels as well as by burning excess calories and reducing stress. Yoga also en- courages healthy eating habits and provides a heightened sense of well being and self esteem.


7. IMPROVED CIRCULATION: Yoga helps to improve circulation and,


as a result of various poses, more efficiently moves oxygenated blood to the body's cells.


8. CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING: Even gentle yoga practice can provide


cardiovascular benefits by lowering resting heart rate, increasing endurance and improv- ing oxygen uptake during exercise.


9. FOCUS ON THE PRESENT:


Yoga helps us to focus on the present, to become more aware and to help create mind body health. It opens the way to improved concentration, coordination, reaction time and memory.


10. INNER PEACE: The meditative aspects of yoga help


many to reach a deeper, more spiritual and more satisfying place in their lives. Many who begin to practice for other reasons have reported this to be a key reason that yoga has become an essential part of their daily lives.


Submitted by Paula Scopino, E-RYT 500 hour, C-IAYT, CT Licensed LMT, YACEP. Source: Yoga Alliance. Paula is the Owner/ Director of Sacred Rivers Yoga and Allied Health Therapies. Paula is also the owner and director of ‘Sacred Rivers Yoga for Every Body’, a Yoga Alliance 200 and 500 Hour Registered School, as well as a mem- ber of IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapy.) Paula was recently awarded her C-IAYT (Certified Yoga Therapist) by IAYT. Sacred Rivers Yoga is also a member school with IAYT. www.sacredriversyoga. com 860.657.9545 28 Main Street East Hartford, CT 06118 ( on the Glastonbury line.) See ad on page 38.


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