Yoga benefits more beginners, the elderly practice to avoid misunderstandings

Every year, June 21 is the International Yoga Day. Yoga is a self-cultivation exercise method, because of its fitness function and popular. Yoga uses a relaxing stretching action to make the body more soft, and the soft body is convenient for the movement of Qi and blood. Yoga also has static muscle exercises, so that the muscles can maintain good elasticity, so that the exerciser can have a good body. With a gentle body and beautiful figure, people can be physically and mentally healthy. Therefore, Yoga objectively has the function of fitness. Many people believe that yoga is mainly a kind of exercise that promotes flexibility and balance, including breathing exercises, relaxation and meditation. In fact, yoga can also bring about significant improvements in cardiovascular health related factors, such as lowering blood pressure, improving sleep and reducing harmful inflammation to arteries. Strength yoga is classified as a moderate intensity exercise in the exercise guide, but weaker strength yoga can also enhance muscle strength, flexibility and balance. These exercises are often overlooked, but they are crucial to overall physical fitness and well-being. Studies have shown that Yoga also promotes deep, slow breathing and, after several months of regular exercise, helps to reduce blood pressure by an average of five points. 

Yoga can enhance your emotional resilience and help you stay calm during stressful periods. Stress, an unavoidable part of our daily life, activates the body's response. Yoga helps stimulate the opposite effect. A 90-minute yoga session can lower the stress hormone cortisol levels, according to a study. In a survey conducted in 2012, more than 80% of yoga fans said that practicing yoga can relieve their stress. Nearly two-thirds said yoga encouraged them to exercise more often. Forty percent said they were inspired to eat healthier. After years of yoga, some people find that yoga can change their lives to a greater extent. They have different views on the meaning and purpose of their lives. Their goals become less materialistic and more spiritual and charitable. Yoga is a beneficial physical and mental exercise, suitable for people of any age to participate. In order to experience the benefits and pleasures of yoga in the process of exercise, we should pay attention to the following points before practicing, so as to achieve better results.

Tips1: Hollow exercise

Two to three hours before yoga practice should be kept in an empty stomach state, which can prevent the blood and nutrition of the brain and limbs from being snatched away during the operation of digestive system, and weaken the effect of yoga posture on the body; at the same time, it can also avoid discomfort caused by dry torsion and flexion to the stomach and viscera.

Tips2: Breathing through the nose

The air is full of dust, virus and suspended particles. Breathing through the nose can block pollutants, make the inhaled air warm and moist, reduce the stimulation to the respiratory duct, and keep the inhaled air hygienic and clean. More importantly, Yoga emphasizes the control of breathing, if not available. Using the right breath will greatly reduce the effectiveness of posture and hinder the progress of learning.

Tips3: Never compare

Yoga is a kind of internal training, while side-by-side is a kind of competitive competition, which should not be compared with other students. Otherwise, it will affect the mood of competition, pride, winning and striving for success, and destroy the concentration and motivation in practice. Beginners should compare with themselves and use yesterday's performance as a criterion for scoring. They will make progress on their own meritorious days.