A lovely article about how yoga benefits your mental health via Mihran Kalaydjian
“Yoga is a psychology—the whole practice helps us work with the nature of the mind, the nature of being a human, how emotions live in our bodies, how they affect our behavior and our minds,” says Turner, who reveals that yoga helped her recognize and cope with her own low self-esteem. “This course is reclaiming the deeper roots of the practice, not just asana—the mental and emotional benefits
Below are 5 ways that yoga can benefit your mental health and well-being and even improve your relationships, according to Turner.
5 Ways Yoga Benefits Your Mental Health
1. It moves you from the sympathetic nervous system to the parasympathetic nervous system, or from flight-or-flight to rest-and-digest. You typically have less anxiety and enter a more relaxed state. As soon as you start breathing deeply, you slow down out of fight-or-flight and calm your nervous system.
2. It helps you build your…
View original post 400 more words
Thank you for sharing this. Have a wonderful week.
LikeLike
Thank you. And to you too. Hope you have a great week. 🙂
LikeLike
Thanks
LikeLike