By Amruta Kulkarni
While obstacles and mood swings are
a normal part of life, they don't have to get in the way of living a happy and
calm existence. Yoga has a number of physical health benefits, but its
potential for benefiting emotional health is extensive. The power of yoga to
heal and upkeep emotions is an important factor that contributes to overall health.
Healing and Prevention
Yoga training sessions can provide comfort and healing to any emotions that overpower daily life, and can help control the emotional drives experienced by a traumatized, stressed, or depressed life. Yoga can be used as a mood management tool by utilizing the calming effects of various breathing techniques, poses, and meditation. These tools are used to promote a calm state of mind that is effective in fending off negative emotions such as anger, stress, and depression. Over time, practicing yoga cannot only remedy these negative emotions but can provide a barrier of prevention.
Pathways to Comfort
Scientific research has indicated that practicing yoga can, over time, alter brain chemistry by increasing the intensity of the "good" neurotransmitters. This particular pathway to better emotional health can soothe and reduce anxiety and depression. In addition, certain yoga techniques can improve the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for automatic reactions that happen when the body is in a relaxing state. Improving the parasympathetic nervous system helps to subdue negative reactions and can offer a faster turnaround time for getting to calming emotions.
Mindfulness and Acceptance
Yoga has also been shown to increase concentration and achieve mindfulness, which are two key components of reaching optimal emotional health. Mindfulness training is often used with psychotherapy, due to its contribution towards promoting acceptance of negative emotions. Instead of reacting negatively or avoiding the problem altogether, examining and consequently accepting whatever is causing pain or anxiety is key to relinquishing the control these negative emotions can have on emotional health.
Boosting emotional health can be accomplished through practicing yoga poses and breathing techniques that relieve stress, quell depression, and promote better awareness and control over negative emotions. Yoga training is a way to improve mental clarity to help understand and calm negative emotions that can cause problems and unrest in everyday life.
Healing and Prevention
Yoga training sessions can provide comfort and healing to any emotions that overpower daily life, and can help control the emotional drives experienced by a traumatized, stressed, or depressed life. Yoga can be used as a mood management tool by utilizing the calming effects of various breathing techniques, poses, and meditation. These tools are used to promote a calm state of mind that is effective in fending off negative emotions such as anger, stress, and depression. Over time, practicing yoga cannot only remedy these negative emotions but can provide a barrier of prevention.
Pathways to Comfort
Scientific research has indicated that practicing yoga can, over time, alter brain chemistry by increasing the intensity of the "good" neurotransmitters. This particular pathway to better emotional health can soothe and reduce anxiety and depression. In addition, certain yoga techniques can improve the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for automatic reactions that happen when the body is in a relaxing state. Improving the parasympathetic nervous system helps to subdue negative reactions and can offer a faster turnaround time for getting to calming emotions.
Mindfulness and Acceptance
Yoga has also been shown to increase concentration and achieve mindfulness, which are two key components of reaching optimal emotional health. Mindfulness training is often used with psychotherapy, due to its contribution towards promoting acceptance of negative emotions. Instead of reacting negatively or avoiding the problem altogether, examining and consequently accepting whatever is causing pain or anxiety is key to relinquishing the control these negative emotions can have on emotional health.
Boosting emotional health can be accomplished through practicing yoga poses and breathing techniques that relieve stress, quell depression, and promote better awareness and control over negative emotions. Yoga training is a way to improve mental clarity to help understand and calm negative emotions that can cause problems and unrest in everyday life.
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