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The Benefits of Yoga & Meditation
Here are a few benefits that happen when
hand and have been around for thousand
• They treat back pains- doing a few yoga
Yoga and Meditation usually go hand in of years. They have been used as a
form of exercise to keep your mind and
body healthy and happy. Yoga improves balance, endurance, flexibility, and
strength when meditation relieves stress
and anxiety, keeps your mind sharp, and strengthen your immune system.
you practice yoga and meditation:
poses throughout the week can help with chronic back pain.
• Helps With Rheumatoid Arthritis -
help people with rheumatoid arthritis
and positive coping skills can help
because of its slow, easy-paced poses
clarity, manage chronic conditions, and
bones, and muscles.
retirees manage stress, improve mental
and movements that benefit the joints,
their lifestyle.”
also helps lower heart rate and improve
blood circulation. Meditating one time a day for ten minutes can help you relax,
blood flow.
few simple poses, breathing techniques,
and incorporating these techniques into
that eliminate arterial plaque. Meditation
positioning props, has been shown to
that uses blocks, belts, and other
yoga, has also been shown to help
practices, many retirees are taking notice
because of its cardiovascular benefits
reduce stress hormones, lower your
(RA). Hot yoga, like Bikram and gentle
health benefits linked to these traditional
linked to a reduced risk of heart disease
Iyengar yoga, which is a type of yoga
According to Mayra Rocha: “Following a
promote a healthier lifestyle. With so many
is easy. Studies have shown that yoga is
• Improves heart health - When it comes
blood pressure, and allow for better • Helps With Asthma - If you suffer from asthma, then you might want to take up yoga. Research has shown that
adults with mild to moderate asthma
who did an eight-week session of yoga combined with their regular meds saw
a marked improvement. Pranayama is a
to heart health, retirees need to be
type of yoga that focuses on breathing
much as possible. Thanks to yoga and
especially effective against asthma.
wary and maintain a healthy lifestyle as meditation, keeping your heart healthy
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techniques that have shown to be
