YOGA BENEFITS BEYOND THE MAT

Authors

  • Dr.Madhu Gaur

Abstract

Yoga has gained a lot of importance in today’s world. Yoga helps the mind to relax for some time from the chaos of our daily routine. The general understanding of yoga is that it makes our body more flexible, due to which a lot of people who have stiffer bodies tend to stay away from it as they feel pain in their muscles while practicing yoga. In reality, Yoga benefits beyond the mat will blow you away. It works at a much deeper level than most of us understand. It has many benefits which are experienced with time as you practice yoga regularly.  Yoga provides physical and mental benefits. Some of the benefits even extend to our daily lives. Yoga develops inner awareness. It focuses your attention   on your body ability at the present moment. It helps develop breath and strength of mind and body. It is not about physical appearance.Yoga develops inner awareness. It focuses your attention on your body's abilities at the present moment. It helps develop breath and strength of mind and body. It's not about physical appearance.Yoga is an extraordinary spiritual science of self-development and self-realization that shows us how to develop our full potential in our many-sided lives. It was first devised by the rishis and sages of ancient India and has been maintained by a stream of living teachers ever since, who have continually adapted this science to every generation. Yoga’s integrative approach brings deep harmony and unshakable balance to body and mind in order to awaken our latent capacity for a higher consciousness that is the true purpose of human evolution.  The many methods of yoga spans a vast range from physical postures to breathing practices and meditation, all based upon a philosophy of consciousness and natural way of life.

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Published

2022-03-31

How to Cite

Dr.Madhu Gaur. (2022). YOGA BENEFITS BEYOND THE MAT. International Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16(3), 82–86. Retrieved from https://ijeponline.org/index.php/journal/article/view/161

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Vol. 16 No. 3 (2022)

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