The original meaning of the word yoga is "combination" and "harmony" In ancient India, yoga was intended to pursue the unity of self and god, and gradually evolved into the present method of nourishing the mind, which was composed of breathing, posture and meditation. In July of 20001year, the first yoga fitness club appeared in Shanghai, and yoga entered Shencheng, becoming a popular fitness program among white-collar workers and gradually accepted by people of all ages.
Zhuang Ling, a yoga instructor, said that modern people have a fast pace of life and great work pressure. In addition, people who often work at their desks are prone to cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, cervical spondylosis, bone spurs and other problems. At this time, if you can't relax and let your mind return to a calm state, it will trigger a series of psychological and physical diseases. Yoga makes people return to the most natural state by exercising their flexibility.
There are many schools of yoga, some of which focus on self-cultivation and some aim at exercising. Yoga adopts various postures, adjusts breathing, concentrates attention, stabilizes body and mind, relieves stress, and restores internal stability and natural healing power. Yoga postures and postures are varied, and most of them are named after animals, because ancient Indians believed that animal postures were natural. Because people become upright, the burden on the spine is too heavy, which is easy to cause low back pain and visceral prolapse. Taking the natural posture of animals can achieve the purpose of treatment. For women, the most attractive part of yoga may be the effect of losing weight by decomposing fat.
Zhuang said that in addition to physical diseases, yoga can also help treat psychological problems. One of her students is a young man suffering from depression. When he first came to sign up, he stammered a few words and was so nervous that he was sweating. Through a stage of study and communication with other students in a relaxed environment, the big boy became generous and cheerful.
However, coach Zhuang pointed out a misunderstanding in practicing yoga: nowadays, almost all yoga clubs are dominated by women, accounting for 85%, because in the eyes of many men, yoga is a female-only sport. With this misunderstanding, many men hold back. But in fact, yoga is the best exercise to integrate body and mind, and it is not exclusive to women. Yoga may have more benefits for men. Yoga seems to require a lot of flexibility, but in fact, yoga emphasizes breathing methods that calm the body. Men's flexibility is not as good as women's, so they will not get started quickly, but with the deepening of practice, they will find that with the increase of physical flexibility, their physical strength will become better and their mentality will be more peaceful.
Yoga is not complicated. While shaping your external image, it can also help you adjust your internal function and give you an internal strength. After a period of exercise from the inside out and from the outside in, you will find that you are beautiful because of happiness and happy because of beauty.
Seven keys to getting started
Yoga, like other sports, needs to have an understanding of itself first, and enough is enough, so the correct concepts and precautions must be known.
1, recognize the goal and persevere. Only by persistent practice can we achieve the expected results. Practice time is not long, but concentrate. Doing it once a day, even for a short time, is much more effective than once a week.
2, don't be reluctant, don't be impatient. Any posture should be gradual and let nature take its course. Beginners, in particular, must not be greedy for quick progress and rashly reach a certain posture, but it will be counterproductive and easy to cause harm.
3. Enhance your confidence and don't lose heart. Don't compare with others when practicing yoga, don't compare with others. As long as you feel good, today's progress compared with yesterday is success. At the beginning, the softness of the body is definitely not as good as you think. Give yourself more time to adapt and don't lose heart easily.
4. Once you feel uncomfortable, stop practicing immediately. In practice, once you feel uncomfortable, you should immediately stop and lie quietly for a few minutes. When lying still, relax, close your eyes, keep your feet Zhang Kaicheng, palms up, and cooperate with slow abdominal breathing until you feel normal, or resume your practice under the guidance of a yoga teacher.
5. The practice field should not be too hard or too soft. Because yoga involves many soft movements, it will inevitably squeeze limbs and muscles when practicing, so avoid practicing on a hard floor or a soft spring bed, otherwise it will cause bruises or injuries due to losing the center of gravity.
6. It is not advisable to wear too tight clothes for practice. It is best to wear loose and comfortable clothes suitable for sports, such as casual clothes, sportswear or clothes with strong sense of rhythm. When practicing, depending on indoor or outdoor practice, you can wear no shoes and avoid wearing tight and bound ornaments, such as belts, belts, watches, necklaces and earrings.
7. Practice according to your physical condition. Generally speaking, as long as you feel in good physical and psychological condition, there are no restrictions on practicing yoga. Patients with hypertension, epilepsy and heart disease should avoid doing "handstand" yoga. As for disabled friends, practicing yoga more will help them recover.
Seven health-care effects
1, preventing chronic diseases. Like muscles and bones, human organs feel tired. With the help of various postures of yoga, we can balance the secretion of glands, strengthen nerves and avoid chronic diseases.
2. Eliminate tension and fatigue. Through conscious breathing, exhaust gas and virtual fire in the body are eliminated, and tension and fatigue are eliminated.
3, massage the internal organs. Combined with abdominal breathing exercise, it can improve visceral function and promote and coordinate the functions of circulation, digestion and endocrine system.
4. Stay young. It can make people's mood always in a happy state, input the upward vitality of life into the body, and make people stay young forever.
5. lose weight. It can restore abnormal appetite, enhance the willpower to resist overeating, fundamentally transform people's physique and achieve the effect of losing weight.
6. Train your attention. Persistently practicing yoga can make people concentrate on one thing and make the body act according to the inner will.
7. Relieve sadness and depression. When you relax physically and mentally and concentrate on stretching your limbs, you can release the negative emotions of the human body and let people gradually reach a state of "relaxation and peace of mind".
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