Benefits of long-term yoga practice for women

The pressure of life is getting greater and greater. Women have to deal with work matters as well as all aspects of the family. Oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships, etc., all of which have to be solved by women. Sometimes they cannot even get their husbands’ understanding. The pressure from all sides often makes women breathless. If women cannot release the pressure at this time, they will become depressed over time. Yoga, as an aerobic exercise, can relax women’s body and mind, relieve tension, follow the music, take deep breaths, and create a happy mood. Therefore, women who practice yoga for a long time can enhance blood circulation in the body, relieve stress, and beautify their skin!

1. Promote blood circulation Yoga exercises can accelerate heartbeat and the circulation of oxygen-rich blood, thereby enhancing our blood circulation. Almost any yoga class will get you sweating, practicing deep breathing and getting your heart rate up (which improves circulation), and it will massage and stimulate your excretory organs through twisting and bending poses. Regular yoga practice has great detoxifying effects.

2. Enhance physical strength and flexibility. Yoga postures are body movements refined through thousands of years of practice experience, which can strengthen and stretch the connective tissue of the limbs. Whether your body is flexible or stiff, weak or strong, yoga can improve your body and mind while improving your physical health.

3. Release stress. Regular yoga practice can make the body, mind and spirit calmer, promote the function of the immune system, and eliminate toxins produced in the body due to stress. Many students believe that yoga is the perfect cure after a hard day at work. Yoga can eliminate fatigue and calm the mind. It enables people to maintain a comfortable and peaceful state and fully enjoy life.

4. Enhance self-confidence Yoga makes us feel healthy, strong and flexible, and improves our external and internal self-confidence.

5. Strengthen breathing management. The quality of breathing often directly affects our mind and body. When we learn how to control and ease our breathing, we will find that we can control our body and mind more effectively. Yoga can help us learn to control our state of mind and eliminate the stress we face in daily life.

6. Weight loss: After practicing yoga regularly, you will not feel particularly hungry and the food you choose will be healthier. For an overall healthier lifestyle, yoga can help boost your metabolism and reduce the urge to binge eat.

7. Body shaping yoga can maintain posture balance. Yogis believe that many diseases of the human body, such as cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, etc., are caused by incorrect posture and imbalance. Through practice, every small joint, spine, muscle, ligament and blood vessel can be kept in good condition. 8. Youthful appearance and mood: Yoga reduces facial wrinkles and produces a natural "face lift" effect. This is mainly due to handstands. Our normal upright posture causes gravity to pull the muscles downward. Over time, the facial muscles begin to sag. By standing upside down for a few minutes every day, we can reverse the effect of gravity and make it an aid in our rejuvenation, preventing facial muscles from relaxing, reducing wrinkles and naturally smoothing the skin. Yoga inversions can often restore gray hair to its original color and slow the onset of graying. This is because inversion increases blood flow to the hair follicles in the scalp. This position increases the elasticity of the scalp, removes pressure on the blood vessels and nerves in the scalp, and allows more blood to flow to the scalp muscles. This means that hair follicles receive more nutrients, producing richer, healthier hair. 9. Increase disease resistance. Yoga can help you build a strong physique and improve your immune system. This enhanced immunity can fight off everything from colds to serious illnesses like cancer.

Note:

1. Cervical joints will be dislocated

Some yoga movements require the neck and shoulders to be inverted at 90 degrees. This movement puts a lot of pressure on the cervical spine, which can easily cause cervical joint dislocation or even cervical disc herniation.

2. Spinal cord hyperextension injury

There is a posture in yoga called camel pose, which is to lean back with your hands on the ground. If you practice this movement excessively, it can easily cause damage to the lamina and ligaments behind the spinal canal. In severe cases, it may also damage the spinal cord, which is medically called a hyperextension injury.

3. Sequelae of bone injury

Practicing yoga and stretching can enhance the flexibility of the waist bones and joints, which has certain benefits. However, the bones of some young people are still in the development stage, and practicing yoga carries a great risk of injury, which may have an adverse effect on bone development. Improper practice is more likely to cause damage and leave sequelae.