By: Matthew (Ted Ballwin) Yoga is increasing in popularity. Once
derided as useless, the practice of stretching, breathing and
challenging your body's flexibility and stamina has become more
widespread, as has information on its health benefits. One of
the most interesting areas of information to come out of
relevant studies is the reduction in stress. Historically stress
is a major cause for employee sick time, heart disease, and
family breakdown and is a major 'silent killer', as a
contributing factor to cardiovascular disorder (CVD). Stress can
be seen as a symptomatic response to the things going on around
us, which are physical and mental responses to our situations.
Tearful or angry outbursts by overextended people, metabolism
problems, increased skin conductivity (a measure of response to
stress), problems with distressing via exercise because of
tenseness or muscle strains, and high blood pressure, are all
areas where yoga can help. Yoga lowers your stress levels and
has surprising other health benefi