How Yoga Can Change Your Body Shape

How Yoga Can Shape Your Body

The body shape of a yogi is different from person to person. Some practice yoga for the fitness and flexibility aspect, while other practice yoga, such as Kundalini Yoga, for the mental and spiritual benefits. The wonderful feature of Yoga as a whole, is it truly is a practice where you can achieve optimal union of Mind, Body and Soul. 

As many gym goers may have already realized, though you may garner great muscle gains, the key "troublesome" areas (ie) triceps, midsection, hips and buttock tend to take a great deal of time to see results and then that much more energy to maintain. Additionally, the physical exertion of weightlifting and cardio intensive workouts can actual cause more damage to the body then benefits. Many of us already live highly stressful lives, triggering an increase of adrenaline & cortisol released into our bodies. These releases trigger a daily elevation in blood pressure and heart rate, thus, stacking on high intensity work outs (triggering more cortisol and adrenaline released to the heart and circulatory system), although they are famous for some, often cause more damage by depleting an already stressed and, for lack of a better term, "tightly wound" body. 

The Answer? YOGA! The practice of yoga has everything to do with filling an individual up with whatever their mind, bodies and souls require to ensure optimal full body functionality throughout their daily lives. 

Here are some reasons HOW Yoga helps achieve full body health and your optimal body shape: 

1) Improves Balance

2) Improves Posture

3) Improves Breathing: Lungs begin to function at full capacity aiding in heightened muscle rejuvenation and mental awareness 

4) Easily Maintain Weight Without Dieting 

5) Improve Flexibility to the nth degree 

6) Firms & Tones every muscle from head to your tippy toes

7) Improves Self Esteem and Body Image 

Mental Health: 

Torus Health & Yoga is a firm believer that once mental barriers are broken through, the results that will follow physically can be life altering. This is because Yoga instructs your mind and body to be in a state of peace, centeredness and present throughout your practice. This mental and bodily state allow for your heart rate, hormones and other bodily systems to calm and regulate themselves naturally. As your body learns to natural align itself in a state of peaceful calm it will gradually learn to move and progress in ways that will leave you with such overwhelming gratitude. You will learn to truly trust your intuition and allow yourself to expand past lifelong mental blocks and physical limitations. 

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