The mind-body connection in combination with
increasing breath awareness not only lifts the mood temporarily but
can have an overall positive effect on your life. Research show that
practicing yoga releases the hormone Oxytocin in the blood stream,
which reduces Cortisol levels (the stress hormone), lowers blood
pressure and encourages the flow of positive emotions.
What you
cultivate on the mat - increasing self-awareness, finding moments of
stillness and changing body and thought patterns - will allow for
change, growth and happiness to blossom of the mat as well.
The next
time you yoga, try to have more fun with it. You don't need to take
it too seriously, allow yoga to be a tool to help you get rid of
tension and stress rather than creating more of it. Happy practicing :)
Photo from Tuesdays outdoor yoga, taken by Lisen Julin for Vasabladet
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