Healthy Life and Yoga | Girlish Stuff

December 3rd, 2009 at 4:36 am -

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Yoga is one of the most popular techniques for improving physical, mental and spiritual health. It has been applied for 3,000 years in India. In Sanskrit yoga means “unity”. Its goal is to establish a connection of mind and body and higher energy levels with the help of a series of physical and mental exercises.

Today more and more people deal with yoga. Some of them do it to limber up their body, some to relax their muscles, and others to achieve control over themselves. Some 15 million people do yoga in the USA, 4 million in Germany, 3 million in England, a million in Italy.

There are different ways of practising yoga (faster or slower) that all generations do. Yoga is often practised in a group. In the Western world the most popular is so called “Hata yoga” with exercises suitable for stretching muscles and ligaments, improving circulation and massage of internal organs. At the same time breathing and relaxation techniques are applied.

Yoga relieves from stress, it is an excellent method for improving the general state of health, for balance and achieving inner peace. Yoga helps in the treatment of many health problems such as heart disorders, arthritis, high blood pressure, migraine headaches, Premenstrual syndrome and obesity.

Efficacy of yoga depends on frequent and regular exercise (even a short time but every day). It is normal that exercises begin with warming up. Warming up contributes to a better and longer training. Yoga exercises limber up all parts of the body and make them flexible; increase flexibility and are particularly good for slim body shape, because only one hour of exercise “consumes” 600 calories. Such exercises are beneficial for health, including those people who rarely limber up. Troubles such as pain in the shoulders can be solved even after several minutes of exercise a day. Regular exercise allows regular glands functions as well.

If you do all prescribed yoga exercises regularly, you’ll have better posture and walk properly, you will be more confident, and breathing exercises will have a beneficial effect on your overall health.

Yoga for Face

Among the numerous subvariants of yoga, yoga for face has recently been invented, and works as a lifting. Its technique is based on the standard postulates of yoga (proper breathing, which slows down the number of heart rate, reduces tension etc.).

Facial muscles may be tightened, too, as all other muscles. By constant repetition of some people grimaces (such as pouting the lips, as if you are kissing someone through the air etc.) strengthen facial muscles so that wrinkles are either prevented or removed in a natural way.

Exercises

Pellet

Alternately blow left and then right cheek and count each time until 30, then blow both and hold up to 60 seconds.

Ladybug

Imagine that you have a ladybug landed on your palm and you should blow it away. Blow with might and main for 60 seconds.

Cho Cho’s Dream

Stretch your face, from the corners of your eyes on one side, using the index and middle fingers of both hands. While you stretch your eyes, stretch your mouth, too, in a mild smile. Hold the pressure for 60 seconds.

Einstein

Press and stretch the skin of the forehead the strongest you can. Have your eyes goggled. Hold this position for 60 seconds.