Those who practice yoga really consider it a philosophy, a science and an art of life. The truth is that can also serve as therapy to beautify the body and has the force, energy and firmness.
This discipline comes from India, has technical physical postures or asanas, breathing exercises or pranayamas and Tratak or to achieve mastery of mental concentration. These three disciplines make up what is known as Hatha yoga, a system by which you can achieve the development of body and mind control, it is not a religion as some believe.
The physical postures or asanas help improve the elasticity or eliminate stress. However, not everyone knows that finding this ancient art is still deeper, for aims that humans reach communion with themself. The first paper on the subject of which knowledge is the yoga-sutra or rules, written between the fourth and fifth century AD, although its origins date back to earlier dates.
People who practice this discipline have beneficial effects, such as decreased blood pressure and heart rate in hypertensive, reduces cholesterol, regulates hormone production and reduces joint pain and dysfunction, so that gives us a practical feel well. It also teaches us to breathe properly, something of great importance to preserve health.
Yoga is an ideal discipline for eldely, because through it part of the loss elasticity in muscles and joints is recovered, plus you can take advantage of the moments of leisure to reflect intimately shares and others.
Regular practice of pranayama or breathing exercises, including within the discipline known as Hatha yoga, allows us to improve breathing capacity and is particularly good for asthmatics.
But also breathe properly produces a state of relaxation that helps us deal with stressful situations to which we are constantly subjected. So we can accompany this ancient practice in any stage of life.
Some Buddhist quote says that breath is the bridge between body and mind. Even at a distance is not difficult to recognize that inhale and exhale properly is the first step in awareness and relying on the above, it is clear that if we breathe well, live well and healthier.
There are many disciplines that can help people to inhale and exhale deeply as yoga, tai chi or Zen meditation, but the beginning and testing for effectiveness can start with a very simple practice.
It is sufficient that a person take several breaths, deep and conscious, two or three times a day, to realize its effects and scope and all the welfare that can provide. Of course, this is not a task to be taken as an obligation and, rather, we must understand that breathing is life and we can take air with ease, as if taste a delicacy.