The document discusses stress management through yoga. It defines stress as the physical and emotional strain caused by pressure from external sources. Stress occurs when there is an imbalance between what one aspires to do and what one is capable of. The document outlines various causes and effects of stress and lists options for managing stress, including nutrition, exercise, music, sleep, and relaxation. It then discusses yoga, explaining that yoga is a Hindu spiritual practice involving breath control, meditation, and poses that can be used for health and relaxation. The benefits of yoga for stress management include improved respiration, energy, metabolism, focus, strength, and mental health as well as reduced tension, balanced hormones, and a relaxed body and mind.

1. STRESS MANAGEMENT WITH YOGA
Presented by:
Utkarsh Gupta
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2. What is stress?
Why manage?
Options to manage
Why to choose yoga?

3.  Strain is defines as the emotional and physical strain caused by a persons
response to pressure from the outside world.
 It occurs when there is a mismatch between the people aspire to do what they
are capable of doing.
What is stress… ???

4. Positive stress, called EUSTRESS – This stress helps us
to fight challenges and grow.
Negative stress, called DISTRESS – This stress
deplete our energy and destroy our life.
Two types of stress :-

5. Positive
Negative
Response to stress

6. Symptoms

7.  Over Ambition
 Work pressure
 Poor inter-personal relationship
 Insecurity
 Change in environment
 Environment pollution
 Disturbed personal life
 Job stress
Causes of stress

8.  Depression
 Difficulty in speaking
 Chronic headache
 Anxiety disorders
 Memory disturbance
 Weight loss
 Heart diseases
 Insomnia
Effect of Stress

9. Options to Manage Stress
 Nutrition
 Physical Exercise
 Music
 Proper sleep
 Positive attitude
 Relaxation
 Yoga practice

10. What is YOGA…???
 Yoga is Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which,
including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption
of specific bodily postures, is widely practised for health and
relaxation.
 Derived from Sanskrit word “yuj”, yoga means union of
individual consciousness or soul with the universal
consciousness or spirit.

11. Eight limbs of Yoga
 Yama (universal morality)
 Niyama (Personal observance)
 Aasan (Body Postures)
 Pranayam (Breathing exercise)
 Pratyahara (Control of senses)
 Dharna (Concentration)
 Dhyana (Devotion, Meditation)
 Samadhi (Union with the Divine)

12. Benefits of Yoga
 Improved respiration, energy and vitality
 Maintaining a balanced metabolism
 Cardio and circulatory health
 Mental health improvement
 Increase muscle strength
 Increases blood flow
 Regulates adrenal glands
 Helps in focusing
 Relax our body
 Release tension from limbs
 Give peace to mind