Yoga positions exercise joints, tendons, and ligaments throughout the body, increasing flexibility. While some positions target specific areas, combinations of seemingly unrelated poses work together harmoniously to create flexibility. Studies show yoga benefits those with depression, psychiatric conditions, and sleep problems by stimulating oxytocin and serotonin production. Multiple studies found yoga more effective than usual care for chronic back pain by improving function and flexibility. Yoga also helps detoxify and boost metabolism, potentially helping eliminate hangovers faster through increased blood flow and balancing the body.

2. Increasing Flexibility
• Yoga has positions that act upon the various joints of the
body including those joints that are never really on the
‘radar screen’ let alone exercised.
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3. Increasing lubrication of the joints,
ligaments and tendons
• likewise, the well-researched yoga positions exercise the different tendons
and ligaments of the body.
Surprisingly it has been found that the body which may have been quite rigid
starts experiencing a remarkable flexibility in even those parts which have
not been consciously world upon. Why? It is here that the remarkable
research behind yoga positions proves its mettle. Seemingly unrelated “non
strenuous” yoga positions act upon certain parts of the body in an
interrelated manner. When done together, they work in harmony to create a
situation where flexibility is attained relatively easily.
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4. • All exercise has been shown to help people
with depression feel better, and yoga is no
exception. In fact, a study from Duke
University Medical Center suggested that
yoga could benefit those living with
depression, schizophrenia, other psychiatric
conditions, and sleep problems.
• "Practicing in a group setting, such as a yoga
class, stimulates the production of oxytocin,
the love and bonding hormone," McGrath
says. "Practicing mindfulness through yoga
and meditation also results in higher
serotonin levels (the happiness hormone),
and long-term practitioners have shown
more mass in the areas of the brain
associated with contentment."
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Emotional Health Boost

5. • Multiple studies have found yoga to be
a more effective treatment for chronic
back pain than usual care. In a study
published in the Annals of Internal
Medicine, people living with chronic
lower back pain reported better back
function, though similar levels of pain,
after a few months of practicing yoga.
• In another study of 80 individuals with
chronic lower back pain, the group
that participated in just one week of
yoga showed less disability and greater
flexibility than patients who completed
other physical exercises. Even if you
don't have chronic pain,
yoga's stretching exercises can improve
your spinal flexibility.
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Back Pain Treatment

6. • "Yoga is a great way to detox
your entire system," she says.
"Yoga also helps with
metabolism. The poses
'shoulder stand,' 'plow,' and
'fish' work on the thyroid
gland and improve
metabolism, thus getting rid
of a hangover faster.
Reversing blood flow and
bringing more blood to the
brain creates balance in the
body." Another benefit of a
higher metabolism? It helps
you burn fat, and the
increased blood flow from
yoga might even help blast
cellulite away.
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Hangover Relief
After a night of
drinking, yoga
may be the last
thing on your
mind, but Shaw
says it's exactly
what you should
do.

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