Restorative Yoga Lifestyle Guide E-Book

Shawn Burke

• Herausgeber: Publisher s21598
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Beschreibung

Yoga a way to lead quality life!
So in this era of advancement , Yoga serves as an ingredient to bring a good balance in the lives of people without hampering In this world where complexities are developing immensely, the alternative options of medicinal healing techniques are getting more and more popularity and yoga is one of the significant ones.   
Yoga isn't only a physical exercise but at the same time is a method for keeping the psychological state flawless. Yoga helps in keeping the body fit and fine and furthermore clears the brain from any stress which in a roundabout way demonstrates to be negative with regards to living a healthy lifestyle.     
The word yoga begins from the Sanskrit word 'Yuj' which implies addition - the addition of strength, energy, and beauty to the body, mind, and soul. Restorative yoga, a practice that relies on the use of props support and the prolonged holding poses to achieve a deep level of relaxation guides the yogi toward relaxed healing and recuperative experience .
 The practice  involved  in restorative yoga training will focus on how one  will experience on breathing  method and  typically  on one’s holding on  tension, and to relax our body graciously allowing the breath to come in more, so the habitual  tension within  can be cooled off and softened
 Yoga as a new Lifestyle
In this modern world, yoga is adopted as a lifestyle and it is the best lifestyle ever designed and is effective in managing various lifestyle disorder occurrences. One must remember to have both the senses of “being healthy as well as feeling healthy”. 
Restorative Yoga Lifestyle Guide
Restorative yoga  practice  encompasses several different  styles of relaxation techniques  and healing orientated  Hatha yoga practices which are able to  cultivate mental conscious relaxation and most  necessary to release both mental  and habitual tension in the body and mind, this bring positive results of Yoga 
As per the perspective of yoga, the problem of quality life has two basic angles and both material and spiritual angles are co-related to one another. The spiritual side includes both body and mind perspectives. It is essential with a healthy body there should be a healthy mind and vice versa. The human feelings, thoughts, ideas, and beliefs somehow directly or indirectly affect the biological process of the body. Minds have capabilities to create an impact on how healthy the bodies are!
There is a complex interconnection union between the mind and body as mind can affect the body simultaneously mental state can impact the human physical body. Restorative yoga is the perfect practice to help you revolve around this divine union bringing  them  together  with the right  techniques of the practice, you awaken the divine balance with grace, a positive poise with strength  and clear mind awareness.  As a proven practice  for self-transformation, restorative yoga allow  the fine integration of all the aspects  of life converging  spiritual ,physical ,emotional    psychological within one’s environment which help  to reclaim  from the stress inflicted from a strenuous lifestyle , therefore  awakening to your own nature’s quest with set goals

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Restorative Yoga Lifestyle Guide

Disclaimer:

The author has made every attempt to be as accurate and complete as possible in the creation of this publication, however he / she does not warrant or represent at any time that the contents within are accurate due to the rapidly changing nature of the practice . The author assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or contrary interpretation of the subject matter herein. Any perceived slights of specific persons, peoples, or organizations other published materials are unintentional and used solely for educational purposes only.

This information is not intended for use as a source of legal, health , wellness , business, accounting or financial advice. All readers are advised to seek services of competent professionals in respective field. No representation is made or implied that the reader will do as well from using the suggested techniques, strategies, methods, systems, or ideas; rather it is presented for knowledge  value and subject  to  each applied  practices and methods

The author does not assume any responsibility or liability whatsoever for what you choose to do with this information. Use your own judgment.  Any perceived remark, comment or use of organizations, people mentioned and any resemblance to characters living, dead or otherwise, real or fictitious does not mean that they support this content in any way.

Readers are cautioned to rely on their own judgment about their individual circumstances to act accordingly. By reading any document, the reader agrees that under no circumstances is the author responsible for any losses, injuries , direct or indirect, that are incurred as a result of use of the information contained within this document, including - but not limited to errors, omissions, or inaccuracies.

Copyright © 2020 Shawn  Burke

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Yoga – An Overview

What does Yoga mean? 

Transformation of life (body) through yoga

Physical health benefits of yoga

Yoga benefits for mental health

Chapter 2: How to step up in your yoga journey?

Yoga: Trendy Lifestyle

Tips to improve your yoga practice

Take a decision about where to practice yoga

How Yoga studios are beneficial

Benefits of the Yoga studio

Chapter 3: Power Yoga for Weight Loss

Advantages of Power Yoga

Yoga Postures

Nourishment for Weight Loss with Yoga

Chapter 4: Fitting Yoga in a Busy Schedule

Tips to fit yoga into a bustling timetable

Workplace Yoga

Advantages of yoga in workplace

Working Environment

Physical Health

Chapter 5: Yoga and Aging

Remain youthful with meditation

Way of life tips to remain youthful

Top 15 Anti-Aging Health Benefits of Yoga

Health advantages of Yoga for Aging Adults

Chapter 6: Yoga for a Healthy Heart

Lowering Cholesterol Naturally by Yoga and Home Remedies

How yoga can be effective for Heart Blockage?

Diabetes Symptom – How Yoga Control and Cure Diabetes?

Yoga and Pranayama for High Blood Pressure or Hypertension

Chapter 7: Yoga for Strength

Must to know before you start yoga for strength

Which Type of Yoga Is Best for Building Strength?

Chapter 8: Meditation for Inner Peace

The Benefits of Meditation

Solutions to your meditations fears and excuses

Correct posture for meditation

Types of Meditations

Chapter 9: Yoga To Boost Your Immune System

What Is Immunity?

What Does The Immune System Do?

How Does Yoga Help To Instill Flexibility And Boost Immunity?

Yoga to Boost Your Immunity

Chapter 10: Power of Pranayama

Guidelines for Pranayama practice

Types of Pranayama and their benefits

Chapter 11: Yoga Injuries And Preventing Them

Yoga Mistakes to Avoid

Most Common Yoga Injuries

Tips To Avoid Injuries And Keep Your Yoga Progress Rolling

Chapter 12: Yoga Therapy

Techniques Used in Yoga Therapy

What Happens in a Yoga Therapy Session?

What Kinds of Concerns is Yoga Therapy Best For?

Concerns/Limitations of Yoga Therapy

Chapter 13: How to Start Your Own Yoga Business

Reasons to start your own yoga business today

Tips to start your own yoga business

Top ways to ensure the success of your yoga business

Have a very interactive and vibrant marketing plan

Chapter 14: Bringing Ayurveda to Your Yoga Practice

Understanding how Ayurveda and Yoga is related

Kapha, Pitta, Vata... What Are These?

Chapter 15: Food for Mind and Body- Yogic Diet

What is a Yogic diet?

Benefits of Yogic Diet

What Yoga Diet comprises of?

Effect of Yogi Diet on Mind

Conclusion

Introduction

In this world where complexities are developing immensely, the alternative options of medicinal healing techniques are getting more and more popularity and yoga is one of the significant ones.  It is a no-contact, no medication treatment, which does both prevent and cure illnesses. Yoga isn't only a physical exercise but at the same time is a method for keeping the psychological state flawless. Yoga helps in keeping the body fit and fine and furthermore clears the brain from any stress which in a roundabout way demonstrates to be negative with regards to living a healthy lifestyle. The advantages of yoga are colossal.

Therefore, nowadays yoga becomes a training that has gained worldwide acknowledgment and has become a trend now.

Yoga is characterized as basically the association of a person with divine cognizance. The word yoga begins from the Sanskrit word 'Yuj' which implies addition - the addition of strength, energy, and beauty to the body, mind, and soul. The best part of yoga is, it achieves physical health as well as infiltrates through the numerous layers of being to heal the soul and mind. This means through training, it helps in controlling an individual's mind, body, and soul. It additionally helps in overcoming stress and uneasiness and keeps you calmer. Yoga asanas are known to enhance flexibility, confidence, and vigor.

In this guide, we will teach you how you can attain forever fitness in your life as well as manage your stress levels, ease or prevent back pain, muscle or joint injury also equipped you with self-esteem, confidence, and self-reliance.

Along this journey, we will also teach you different the different practices and workouts that rejuvenate not only your outer body but also improve your inner well-being.

So let’s get started...

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Chapter 1: Yoga – An Overview

1.1 What does Yoga mean?  

Yoga is practiced by people since ancient times and it is an ultimate solution to all the problems that people are facing in their day to day life such as health and fitness, mental and inner peace, improvement in the quality of life, provide with natural beauty etc. Yoga is a vast collection of various techniques and practices that are focused on integrating mind, body and spirit in order to achieve success and collaborating with other beings. There are different types of yoga techniques that are practiced in order to achieve the set goals of individuals as per their choices and preferences.

Yoga helps in attaining combined targets and to bring a balance among mind, body, and spirit; this is done through practicing various yoga postures (asanas), breathing exercises (pranayama), various body gestures (mudra) and internal peace and cleansing (shatkarma). These yoga steps help in purifying the body, mind and soul and pour all positive energy and fill the body with liveliness.

Yoga is becoming trendy in modern times and again gaining the people’s confidence as it is helping in shaping the lives of people through natural methods. Practicing a few yoga poses daily on a regular basis provides incredible results in both physical and mental fitness. One can practice yoga for satisfying his/her purpose and with the least expensive and with no side effects.

Mindset

One must stick onto the decision of the following yoga, there must be a desire. Desire is an impulse that comes prior to any action, without which not much will occur.

Relaxed body and mind

Through daily yoga practice, both mind and body get relaxed. One feels calm and relaxed. Yoga helps to fill the body with positive energy, which helps an individual to perform day to day tasks with more energy and enthusiasm. All the body and mind stress is released and helps the body to feel more relaxed and calm. Yoga provides relaxation to the body and simultaneously to mind and soul also.

Smooth and controlled breathing

For good well-being and health, breathing exercises play a vital role. Deep and controlled breathing is beneficial as it helps in reducing the level of stress, tension and anxiety, fills the body with energy, improves athletic performances, helps to build physical and emotional awareness, helps to focus more in present and reduces the risk of chronic diseases.

Proper and balanced diet

Practicing and performing yoga on a regular basis won’t be sufficient enough. Yogic approach lays emphasis on the type of food consumption which is somewhat similar to healthy eating. A proper diet schedule must be followed which must include all the food items that are rich in proteins, nutrients, vitamins and products that are required for a healthy diet. The quality and quantity of food intake have a direct impact on the body. A proper diet chart must be prepared keeping in mind to add all the necessary and important building strong and fit body.

Positive thoughts and positive energy

For a long period of time, people are using meditation for positive thoughts. Through yoga, all the negative and bad thoughts are pushed out and a new entry for positive thoughts and energy is brought in. It helps people to realize their strengths and weaknesses and directs them to see reality. Practicing yoga brings discipline in the lives of people with positive thoughts and energy they can perform well and can gain great success in life.

Establishes a link between mind and body

The sole purpose of yoga is to bind both the mind and body together. For example, yoga postures on both the hands calm and stimulate the brain functioning. Yoga has the ability of simultaneously calming the brain and relaxing the body. The main aim is to amalgamate and to bring union of the two. The mind-body connection is such that good mental health helps to improve the physical state. A strong mind and body bond lead to calmness, courtesy, happiness and so on.

1.2 Transformation of life (body) through yoga

Over the last few decades, yoga is been adopted as a new lifestyle by population. Many professionals and red carpet celebrities have adopted this lifestyle due to its several benefits and advantage those results in their better mental, physical and emotional health. Yoga is not just about bending or twisting the body and holding the breath, it is a technique to bring you in a state where an individual experiences reality of life and how can they make it more beautiful.

Another way yoga encourages transformation is by assisting oneself to shift the habits, some of which are unhealthy and non-relevant those have been developed over a period of time. Yoga just not helps to shape your body but helps people to make wiser decisions in life. Practicing yoga allows an individual a glimpse of joyfulness and freedom. Yoga is considered as one of the most effective self-help approaches to living and life.

1.3 Physical health benefits of yoga

Practicing yoga serves with lots of benefits to the physical health. Yoga is considered to be the best and natural method to become healthy and fit. Performing yoga exercises helps to cure many diseases that are related to the heart, liver, kidney, liver and brain. Though yoga is not considered to be the ultimate solution to each chronic disease yet yoga helps in relieving and curing many issues and disorders. Some of the major benefits are as follows:

-Enhances your flexibility - It helps to improve one’s flexibility and it the most visible benefit of yoga. Practicing yoga daily, one will notice a slow and gradual loosening of muscles. Slowly and steadily all your pains and aches start to disappear and you will figure out the flexibility in your body.

-Helps in building strong muscles - Muscle strength is essential apart from it provides you with good looks, it protects from various conditions such as back pain, arthritis and when strength is built one balances it with flexibility.

-Provide with correct posture - It helps to get your body with perfect posture. Poor posture can result in neck, joint, muscle and back problems.

-Yoga prevents cartilage and joint breakdown. Yoga helps joints to go through their full range of motion.

-Yoga consists of asana practice which includes various backbends, forward bends, and twists that help to keep your disks supple.

-Many yoga postures require lifting of your body weight, such weight-bearing exercises strengthen the bones. Yoga has the ability to lower stress hormone cortisol which helps to keep calcium in the bones.

-Yoga helps to keep the flow of blood. It helps to increase the blood flow in your body. Performing Relaxation exercises helps to circulate the blood flow in your hands and feet. It helps to increase the levels of hemoglobin and red blood cells.

-While doing various yoga postures; it stretches muscles, movements of organs which results in drainage of a fluid that is rich in immune cells and helps the system to fight harmful cells and dispose of toxic wastes out.

-It helps in relieving depression and lowers the risk of heart attacks by setting the heart rate into the aerobic range. Many studies have proved that yoga practice lowers the resting heart rate and can help to improve your maximum uptake of oxygen while exercising.

-Drops and control the blood pressure – One suffering from high blood pressures can be benefitted from yoga. It helps to control blood pressure levels.

-Yoga helps to bring out the inner happiness out and makes the person happy and satisfied. Continuous yoga practice is a depression buster and helps in releasing tensions which result in boosting happiness.

-Yoga control blood sugar and lower cortisol level. It decreases the risk of diabetic problems like kidney failure, heart attacks, etc.

1.4 Yoga benefits for mental health

Yoga for mental health is receiving a lot of attention from both scientists and yogis, with the benefits of yoga for mental health covering various areas from mood swings and anxiety disorders to stress and depression reduction. That is why Yoga is known for relaxing and calming effects on both body and mind. Yoga has the ability to subside the power of negative thoughts and emotions and the person can experience calmness and peace. The effects of yoga on mental health also promote “self-efficacy”.

-People lacking concentration can practice yoga to improve concentration power. Meditation helps to focus on the present and increases the concentration.

-Yoga, with its accentuation on intentional developments and the utilization of breath to control us through asanas, can help with sadness and uneasiness. Yoga expands the consciousness of present-minute experience and attentional center, and subsequently, can assist people with getting mindful of pessimistic dispositions and the abode (i.e., rumination) in antagonism that is normal for misery.

-Stress is a significant scourge in our general public that can make a "hypervigilance" in our mind and body and disables our capacity to originate from a less receptive spot during times of expanded pressure. Yoga capacities like a self-calming strategy in that it changes the pressure reaction framework, restraining and calm down the sensory system. Along these lines, the psychological advantages of yoga are seen with the decrease of worry by method for diminished cortisol (stress hormone) levels in our body.

-The mental impacts of performing yoga stances show to improve the feeling of vitality and confidence. In addition, the constructive outcomes of yoga practice can happen subsequent to performing yoga models for just 2 minutes. Showing and developing confidence and self-assurance reflect in all aspects of life, remembering for individual dispositions and convictions and how they impact the manner in which we think, make and sustain the body.

-Discovered yoga might be better than different types of activity in its constructive outcome on the state of mind and tension. A gathering of sound people rehearsed one-hour yoga sessions, three times each week, over a 12-week extensive stretch. Notwithstanding detailing lower sentiments of nervousness and more noteworthy enhancements in temperament, the yoga-goers expanded their GABA levels. Low degrees of GABA might be connected to tension and mind-set issue. Studies have demonstrated yoga can build by and large personal satisfaction, including parameters of the state of mind and rest, in patients with dementia and malignancy.

Conclusion

Yoga can be polished by anybody as an activity on a regular schedule to satisfy the need for exceptionally dynamic and requesting life particularly adolescents and grown-ups. It helps in adapting to the harsh occasions of the life and weight of school, companions, family and neighbors. Through yoga practice, one can forget his/her issues and stress given by others. It helps in effectively achieving the association between body, brain and nature.

Chapter 2: How to step up in your yoga journey?

Thinking about it's a huge number of years old; it may appear to be senseless to state that yoga has progressed significantly lately. Be that as it may, as brain/body practice keeps on grabbing hold of the wellness business, the act of yoga has moved from the option in contrast to the standard.

The present frenzied way of life has left numerous individuals considering how to deal with the pressure that joins it. While standard oxygen consuming activity and quality preparing can help, they aren't the finished answer. A few specialists and professionals accept that yoga is the piece you have to finish the riddle of keeping up wellness in both the body and brain.

2.1 Yoga: Trendy Lifestyle

Presently, before you fire conjuring up pictures of daydreamed new-agers in pretzel-like positions reciting mantras, think about this:

Yoga is an old practice that can assist you with managing the pressure of current life. Furthermore, an ever-increasing number of individuals worried or not, are finding the advantages of yoga. In reality, it has been accounted for that in excess of 11 million Americans are currently rehearsing some type of yoga.

Yoga is the act of joining all parts of an individual—body, mind and soul—through physical stances, breathing activities and contemplation. Adaptability, quality and muscle tone improve rapidly as the mind and body cooperate in concordance and harmony.

2.1.1 Pick a type of Yoga

There are a few distinct parts of yoga, each with its own one of a kind core interest. Hatha yoga, the most broadly rehearsed structure, underlines focus and comprises of delicate extending and reinforcing works out.

Since prana, or life power, is thought to start in the breath, pranayama yoga utilizes breathing activities and breathes control to upgrade essentialness and vitality. Mantra yoga utilizes the concentrated reiteration of a word or expression to help in the control of the psyche.

For a few, yoga is an essential method for unwinding, something that is regularly hard to accomplish in the high-stress, rapid present-day world. Notwithstanding which type you pick, yoga is a brilliant method to extend and reinforce the body, center the mind and loosen up the soul. Indeed, most present-day stress-decrease strategies depend on the standards of yoga.

Accessible research shows that pressure related ailments react well to this kind of approach. Hypertension, insulin opposition, torment, cardiovascular ailment, uneasiness and sorrow all are usefully influenced by ordinary cooperation in careful exercise, for example, yoga.

2.1.2 Find a way to get started

The most ideal approach to begin in yoga is to discover a class that interests you. Discover where yoga classes are being held in your general vicinity and make a trip to perceive what you think. There is a wide range of ways to deal with yoga—some emphasis on breathing, others center around holding explicit stances—and it's imperative to locate the one that interests you the most.

2.1.3 Effect of yoga in day to day performance and overall health

Practicing yoga on a daily basis is definitely a good way to relax but it helps to improvise daily growth and performances. Once you have practiced yoga poses and breathing exercises, they can be adjusted in the routine exercises.

2.2  Tips to improve your yoga practice

-Wear casual and comfortable clothes while practicing yoga:

Before practicing yoga, one should put on stretchable cotton-blend t-shirts that are suitable for both men and women. Beginners must avoid wearing loose clothes as they can disturb during yoga practice.

-Improve your wrist strength, even when you are not practicing yoga:

Performing yoga helps to improve the strength of joints. Perform wrist exercises even when you are not performing yoga, this helps to strengthen the wrist. Before practicing yoga takes a warm-up exercise for wrists, doing a few wrist rolls. Doing wrist exercises plays a great role in the overall result of yoga; the improvement will be visible in a few weeks. The best thing is that these exercises do not require a separate space for performing it, it can be done just before bed or first after waking up in the morning.

-Eat less before yoga schedule:

Avoid food just before the yoga clock, having full belly just before yoga may affect the intensity of your yoga performance. Give two to three hours to digest before you hit the yoga class. Try to avoid heavy calories food as a breakfast or meal before yoga, food such as eggs, salad, fruits, etc. are suitable to eat before attending a yoga class.

-Consumption of more liquids:

All know about the advantages of drinking water, as it is beneficial for strengthening muscles. One can go for various energy drinks, coconut water, proteins, etc. along with water in order to increase the consumption and also to make H20 taste better.

-Feel relaxed and put your mind off:

Before practicing yoga one must be calm and relaxed so that yoga exercises can be done properly and can generate the best results. One must stop the mind from stressing and wandering, all such thought and ideas must be shut off the mental screen to perform yoga productively.

-Revise the yoga poses to have a good grip while practicing: