Welcome to My World – Yoga – Relaxation & De-Stressing

Hello World! Are you thinking, well, she certainly posts a lot about yoga. That’s true and it is because I believe in it. I do yoga daily and it helps to reduce my stress levels, which some days seem almost overwhelming.

yoga- triangle pose for your relaxation & de-stressing

yoga- triangle pose for your relaxation & de-stressing

Yoga Actually Alters Your DNA to Make You Less Stressed

If you’ve never fully appreciated the power of yoga, that’s about to change.

Yoga isn’t just about whittling your waistline

and achieving the backside of a marble goddess. Nor is it about really

yoga for your relaxation & to alleviate your back pain. It can also realign your body so you feel great again!

yoga for your relaxation & to alleviate your back pain. It can also realign your body so you feel great again!

expensive leggings and designer mats. Yoga, at its humble core, is an incredible mind-body wellness practice that is potentially as powerful of an influencer on your health as a balanced diet and fitness. In fact, yoga actually works at a genetic level to make you younger, happier, healthier and profoundly less stressed.

Recent research has concluded that your mind body interventions like yoga, meditation, breath regulation and tai chi actually alter and reverse the stress-induced inflammatory behavior of your genes. Scientists looked at 18 studies involving meditation, yoga and mindfulness practices, which encompassed 836 participants over the span of 11 years. Upon processing the data, they concluded that profound molecular changes occur when mind-body interventions are practiced, and these changes have a powerful effect over your chronic stress and your physical and mental health.

In a stressful event,

a person’s sympathetic nervous system is stimulated and produces a

yoga- child pose for your relaxation & de-stressing

yoga- child pose for your relaxation & de-stressing

molecule (NF-kB) which regulates how your genes are expressed. In times of stress, this molecule increases your production of inflammatory proteins known as cytokines to give a quick boost to your immune system, among other things. While this is useful in a short term fight-or-flight situation—for example, being chased by a bull moose;  it does a disservice in the modern world. Many, if not most, modern humans experience low levels of psychological stress consistently, and unfortunately these inflammatory proteins are much more harmful to your body when present in the long term.

This cellular inflammation,

if persistent over time, leads to your higher risk of cancer, accelerated

You can relax with the dolphin pose

You can relax with the dolphin pose

aging and an increase of mental disorders like depression. But, that’s where mindfulness intervention comes in. According to the research, mind-body interventions like yoga, tai chi and meditation actually reverse these gene expressions in your body and thereby improve your long-term well being.

Ivana Buric, the head investigator at the Brain, Belief, and Behavior Lab at Coventry University said:

“Millions of people around the world already enjoy the health benefits of mind-body interventions like yoga or meditation, but what they perhaps don’t realize is that these benefits begin at a molecular level and can change the way your genetic code goes about its business.”

By reducing your production of NF-kB,

regularly practiced mindfulness activities leave a molecular signature on

yoga- standing forward bend

yoga- standing forward bend is a great stretching of your body.

your cells which reduces inflammatory stress reactions and improves your overall well being. Over time, simple practices that rebalance your mind and soothe your body actually can profoundly affect how your body processes stress.

So go take that yoga class

you were thinking of skipping this week. Sit down for 15 minutes of

Yoga is good for your back & also easy on your joints, as well as being good for your mental well being...

Yoga is good for your back & also easy on your joints, as well as being good for your mental well being…

meditation. Take a few deep breaths. It’s not a waste of time when you should be doing other things. It’s an investment in your long-term health; And in the current climate of stress that is modern life, the healing power of mindfulness practices should not be underestimated.

 


I do some yoga daily, so I definitely believe it works for me! Have you tried yoga, and if so, do you like it? I’d love to hear from you. Tell me what some of your favorite yoga poses are…’

Have a great healthy day!

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