If someone will ask me to list everything I learned about yoga in my life, I could not stop telling about it. As far as I can recall it was never mentioned. Even with yoga's growing
Popularity you still can't expect the average people to actually know much about it.
Does that mean you shouldn't discuss your yoga practice with other people?
Not necessarily. The primary reason to talk people is knowledge. Although yoga has enormous potential to heal, not all of its practices are advisable for everyone.
If you're young and generally in good health and not pregnant there's probably not much you need to say. If you develop an acute injury, such as a strained back, a muscle pull, or a sore shoulder, you might ask your doctor if you should restrict
your …show more content…
The most obvious explanation is all the calories burned practicing asana. Still, many students lose weight even when their yoga practice is gentle and doesn't burn that many calories. A less obvious explanation is that yoga helps reduce stress. In response to stress, levels of the hormone rise; for people who continue to worry, those levels can stay high. Elevated levels of that not only stimulate eating, they ensure that any additional calories are efficiently converted to fat.
Worse, under the influence of it, that fat tends to get deposited in the abdomen, a particularly unhealthy place. Big bellies are linked to insulin resistance which is a precursor to Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes and heart disease. By combating stress, yoga helps normalize its levels.
The regular practice of yoga also boosts your ability to feel what's going on inside your body. This awareness helps you detect not only whether, say, your hamstring is tight but also whether your stomach is already full. Many people with weight problems have little awareness of their hunger and continue indulging long after they're sated. Besides having greater bodily awareness, people who practice yoga learn to examine their emotions that
Popularity you still can't expect the average people to actually know much about it.
Does that mean you shouldn't discuss your yoga practice with other people?
Not necessarily. The primary reason to talk people is knowledge. Although yoga has enormous potential to heal, not all of its practices are advisable for everyone.
If you're young and generally in good health and not pregnant there's probably not much you need to say. If you develop an acute injury, such as a strained back, a muscle pull, or a sore shoulder, you might ask your doctor if you should restrict
your …show more content…
The most obvious explanation is all the calories burned practicing asana. Still, many students lose weight even when their yoga practice is gentle and doesn't burn that many calories. A less obvious explanation is that yoga helps reduce stress. In response to stress, levels of the hormone rise; for people who continue to worry, those levels can stay high. Elevated levels of that not only stimulate eating, they ensure that any additional calories are efficiently converted to fat.
Worse, under the influence of it, that fat tends to get deposited in the abdomen, a particularly unhealthy place. Big bellies are linked to insulin resistance which is a precursor to Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes and heart disease. By combating stress, yoga helps normalize its levels.
The regular practice of yoga also boosts your ability to feel what's going on inside your body. This awareness helps you detect not only whether, say, your hamstring is tight but also whether your stomach is already full. Many people with weight problems have little awareness of their hunger and continue indulging long after they're sated. Besides having greater bodily awareness, people who practice yoga learn to examine their emotions that