Page 17 - BIYF 2016 Booklet

"The potential health benefits of yoga "
Accessibility: various types of yoga styles exist; hence, all ages and abilities can find a
practice suitable for their needs. "
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Better Body Image: focusing inward during yoga helps you be more satisfied with your body
and less critical of it."
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Heart benefits: yoga can help lower blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar, all of which
are good for your heart and blood vessels."
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Stress reduction: a number of studies have shown that yoga can help reduce stress and
anxiety. It can also enhance your mood and overall sense of well-being."
Improved fitness: practicing yoga can lead to improved balance, flexibility, range of motion
and strength. And this means you're less likely to injure yourself in other physical endeavors or in your daily activities. "
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Management of chronic conditions: yoga can help reduce risk factors for chronic
diseases, such as heart disease and high blood pressure. Yoga might also help alleviate chronic conditions, such as depression, pain, anxiety and insomnia."
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Promotion of wellbeing in children: for many years, a range of yoga teachers
and child educators have observed the positive benefits of yoga on children. In recent years, research is starting to document what these teachers have known all along – that yoga can help to promote emotional balance, alleviate depression and reduce aggression in children."
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Meditation: although often referred as a separate practice, it is in fact part of Yoga, and it helps in all previous points mentioned above."
Extracted from Harvard Health Publications: Harvard Medical School" & Asana Alphabet, developer of yoga methodology for children
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