Ancient yoga is favored by modern people.
Nowadays, there are more and more followers of yoga, and public figures have played a great role in promoting it to some extent. It is said that retired IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch has incorporated yoga into his daily exercise. Supermodel Christy Turlington not only talked about the beauty of yoga in famous magazines, but also personally designed yoga clothes and founded a brand of yoga clothes. Elizabeth hurley, the spokesperson of the famous cosmetics brand Estee Lauder, still recovered impeccably after delivery. Although yoga may not be the only magic weapon for them to keep their charming figure, it is a fitness method that they strongly recommend to others.
Not only celebrities, but also more and more urbanites are beginning to join the ranks of practicing yoga. Some young women around me used to look tired and dignified all day. After practicing yoga for a period of time, their bodies become soft and slim, their skin color is rosy, and they look radiant and full of vitality.
What kind of magic charm does yoga have that can make people feel reborn? This is not so much a fitness method as a healthy philosophy of life.
The word yoga comes from Sanskrit transliteration, which means combination and connection. This is also the purpose and purpose of yoga, and it is the meaning of concentration for meditation. But what is the "combination" with what? Yoga actually refers to the "combination" of human instinct from low to high. Similarly, it can also be "combined" from high to low or combined with self. This also means freeing yourself from pain and disaster, just like the highest universal spirit. Today, yoga, which pursues the harmony between soul and universe, has developed into a series of perfect and scientific cultivation methods from body to spirit. It advocates a healthy and peaceful attitude towards life, a view of physical and mental harmony and effective exercise methods, which conforms to people's desire to return to peace and relaxation in the noisy and complicated city. Thus attracting a large number of followers.
Harmony between body and mind: the charm of yoga
Yoga is by no means equal to general fitness. It is a philosophy of life advocating "the unity of body and mind", which can not only get the coordination and health of all aspects of the body, but also cultivate people's good mentality of concentration, peace, calmness and objectivity at a higher level, so that people can cultivate their self-cultivation and obtain a healthy state of unity of body and mind. This is an incomparable feature of other fitness activities.
To some extent, the harmony between body and mind advocated by yoga has its scientific basis. Yoga practice can be divided into eight stages, also called eight branches, namely: restraint; Discipline; Posture and posture; Adjust interest rates; Control the senses; Introspection; Meditation; Samadhi is the realm of unity of body and mind and detachment. These are all to adjust the functions of all aspects of physical and mental exercise to make it coordinated, orderly, balanced and healthy.
The postures and postures in yoga are a kind of deep stretching exercise, which can effectively stimulate the muscles, nerves, endocrine system and digestive system, improve blood circulation and hormone secretion, and eliminate waste toxins in the body. Constant practice can enhance the flexibility of the body, make the body lines slender and symmetrical, and enhance the sensitivity of the limbs. Through breathing, meditation and other exercises, you can calm your nerves and make people open-minded, calm and calm.
This kind of fitness method, which can exercise both body and mind, does not need any auxiliary fitness equipment, nor is it limited by the venue like other fitness projects such as ball games and swimming. But practicing yoga is not just setting aside a period of time for posture training or meditation every day. The idea of yoga will run through all aspects of your life. For example, choose a quiet and natural living atmosphere, light diet, soothing music, cheerful and peaceful mood and so on.
In terms of diet, yoga advocates healthy and temperate eating habits, believing that diet not only affects the body, but also has an important impact on the mind and spirit. Yoga divides food into three types: inert food, pleasant food and denatured food. Inert food is easy to cause neglect, illness and mental retardation, which is harmful to the mind but not to the body, including greasy and fried food, especially meat; Pleasant food is rich in nutrition, rarely uses spices and seasonings, and is easy to cook. Eating these foods can cultivate noble sentiments, make the body healthy, pure and energetic, make the mind quiet and happy, and be beneficial to the body and mind, including all fresh and delicious vegetables, fruits, foods with little flavor, grains, bean products, milk and so on. Genetically modified food is a kind of food that can provide energy, which is good for the body and not good for the brain. Regular use can cause mental and physical impetuosity, such as food with strong taste. From the food composition, pleasant food contains a lot of natural protein and vitamins, which is a healthy diet.
In addition to these, the important principles of yoga diet include: advocating vegetarian and balanced diet, eating fresh vegetables, fruits and nuts every day; Don't overeat, chew slowly and eat until you are 80% full; Drink more water every day. Water can clean the toxins produced by the body during the day and prevent premature aging.
Therefore, modern people who choose yoga also choose a healthy and green lifestyle. This may be the fundamental reason why yoga is popular all over the world.
Choose the yoga that suits you.
After thousands of years of development and evolution, yoga has spawned many factions. Yoga can be divided into six categories: wisdom yoga, professional yoga, faith yoga, hatha yoga, king yoga and kundalini yoga. The theories of different yoga factions vary greatly. Wisdom yoga advocates the cultivation of knowledge concepts; Yoga advocates inner practice and guides more perfect behavior; Belief in yoga is the synthesis and derivation of the former; Hada yoga includes mental system and physical system; Raja yoga is inclined to mind and pranayama; Kundalini yoga requires many people, but few people practice it.
In modern times, yoga has made some progress. Combined with the content of fitness exercise, yoga has evolved from a religious practice to one of the forms of fitness. For modern urbanites with fast pace of life and great psychological pressure, the quiet and distant meaning of yoga gives them a lofty realm of complete extension that is integrated with the universe.
Modern popular yoga methods can be divided into the following categories:
HathaYoga is the first choice for beginners to learn yoga. Suitable for high-pressure people and white-collar workers with fast pace of life. The purpose of training is to concentrate, relieve stress, exercise, strengthen the flexibility of the body and understand a quiet mind.
At the room temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, bikram yoga can strengthen blood circulation, expel endotoxin from the body and strengthen the protection of the spine by practicing posture and breathing. Suitable for people who want to lose weight quickly after all kinds of weight loss methods have failed.
PowerYoga emphasizes posture and has a fast pace. It is a set of yoga with more than 50 movements. Emphasize physical strength, do a lot of exercise, promote metabolism, make muscles strong and elastic, and improve physical fitness. Beginners of yoga can improve their physical fitness, try to challenge themselves, explore the limits, and have excellent body shaping effect.
Yin yoga is the best way to explore "self", "true self" and "id", focusing on meditation, voice guidance and meditation, and seeking harmony, unity and stability between soul and body.
Different schools of yoga emphasize different points. And yoga can't be practiced anytime and anywhere. Therefore, after making clear the purpose of your practice, you should consult the yoga class in the fitness club, or even listen to it once or twice to understand the key points of teaching.
Yoga requires a quiet, ventilated and comfortable space. Dress loosely, barefoot and on an empty stomach when practicing, and there are certain requirements on time. Therefore, it is very important to find an experienced teacher. A good expert can not only help you get correct and effective practice methods, but also explain the philosophy contained in each yoga movement, guide you to make continuous progress and experience the realm of physical and mental harmony more effectively.