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Benefits of yoga

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Summary of research into the benefits of Yoga

Behavioral Physical Mental Physiological Personality
Reduced weight  Increased Hand steadiness Increased Concentration Increased EEG Alpha Reduced Anxiety
Reduced Nervousness Reduced reactivity to stressors Increased memory Increased respiratory efficiency and competence Reduced depression
Reduced Health complaints Increased flexibility Increased intelligence quotient Reduced oxygen consumption Increased conflict resolution
Increased clinical assessment of psychiatric patients Increased relaxation Reduced mental fatigability Reduced respiratory rate Increased openness to experience
Reduced psychological complaints Reduced muscular electrical activity (EMG) Increased performance quotient Increased lung capacity Reduced defensiveness
  Increased muscle tone increased shift in sequence of ideas increased breathe holding time Reduced guilt
  Increased fitness   Increased tidal volume Reduced tension and instability

Students who did yoga 4 times a week which included 10 mins of breathing exercises, 15mins of warm ups and 50 mins of posture work.  

After just 8 weeks of yoga:-

  • muscular strength had increased by 31%
  • Stamina was up by 57%
  • flexibility had increased by 188% !!
  • Breathing capacities were also up by 7% which is very high for only 8 weeks of yoga.

Source: University of California Venice 2002

Ref Structural Yoga therapy by Mukunda Stiles

Increased cardiovascular efficiency Reduced hostility
reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure Reduced submissiveness
Reduced heart rate Reduced self-criticism
Increased blood flow Increased assertiveness
increased immune system Increased body image
  increased self-esteem

 

 

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Phil Aston is a fully qualified teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga. He is one of most popular yoga teachers in the area, having appeared in Discovery Health, Yoga Magazine and writes regular articles on stress management.