Most of our lives we have noticed the gurus preaching yoga and women rushing to them in order to learn and benefit from the practice. But, have we ever seen a man running to adopt yoga practices? Hardly ever. Yoga has been proven to be very beneficial for men too in a lot of ways. It sharpens their mental capabilities to focus and increases mental and physical strength. Vibha Sharma in her book, Turn Within (ISBN), says that yoga involves a lot of breathing exercises, poses and medication tactics that help a person to relax and reduce their stress.
Health and psychology experts all around the world claim that yoga is hands down the most beneficial physical exercise for both the physical and mental health of a person and these claims are conveniently backed up by science and research as well. Here are the benefits of yoga that science says men will have on their bodies and minds if they started practicing it regularly:
a. For one thing, practicing yoga regularly makes men control their temperament and restore their moods for the good.
b. It helps to build up focus, balance, and control over their minds and thoughts.
c. It helps in constructing inclined muscles and helps in smoldering fat without going through all the cardio and the weightlifting stuff that tires men out.
d. Taking regular yoga classes to expand the flexibility of muscles in men and it amazingly helps heal the wounds faster too.
Yoga is considered to have a lot of importance for men too. The right routine and the right postures at regular times can improve the lifestyle a lot. A lot of men are now adopting yoga just so they can work on decreasing their anxiety. For a fact, scientists and researchers claim that yoga has remarkable aspects that can help a person cope up with their anxiety.
For men, yoga helps in keeping the heart healthy too and reduces several risk factors for heart diseases. There are a lot of cardiac diseases out there that can be treated naturally just by practicing yoga in the right way.
It is very obvious by the studies that were conducted that internal stillness, one comes to achieve an inside strength and happiness with a strong belief in God. Regular Yoga classes for men can help you achieve all these benefits easily.
In a nutshell, practicing yoga regularly can help you get rid of a lot of issues that can cause people a lot of troubles on a day-to-day basis and affect your productivity too. What is it that yoga cannot solve? From bad temperaments to foul moods, anxiety and depression, muscular injuries and flexibility of the muscles, yoga is your answer to everything and it is high time we broke this stereotype and men started taking an interest in the yoga too because as far as exercises go, they do not consider a person's gender before being beneficial for them so, men should also try to incorporate a yoga regime in their lifestyle.
Author Bio:
Vibha Sharma is the founder and coach San Francisco Chapter Chairperson for Mindfulness, All Ladies League USA. She offers spiritual life coaching and corporate wellness sessions and writes about how women can improve their mental health.
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