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5 Health benefits of doing yoga


What are the benefits of doing yoga?
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Before we get into the benefits of yoga, let's talk about what yoga really is. The word 'yoga' actually means union. It connects our body, mind, and spirit through different body postures, meditation, and controlled breathing. Yoga helps you feel the whole universe within you like one, this is the union yoga creates.

Here are the five health benefits of yoga:

  1. Increased Immunity- yoga helps nourish your immunity. yoga heals and enhances each and every cell in your body. This helps you keep a strong immunity which in turn helps you fight off infections.
  2. Increased Metabolism- Good metabolism is key to control your weigh. yoga keeps our body metabolism in check. So, in other words, yoga is one of the tools used to lose weight in a healthy way.
  3. Reduce stress- Just a few minutes of yoga every day keeps our energy up. The tensing and relaxation of muscles, and also the controlled breathing gives us a calm feeling. Many studies have shown that a few minutes of yoga for weeks can help us sleep peacefully and eliminates insomnia.
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  4. Improves sexual life- The first thing yoga does is improve our body's blood circulation. This means better oxygen delivery to all organs including male genitalia. This helps decrease Erectile Dysfunction and better sex life. Yoga also boosts self-esteem and confidence which is always a plus in healthy sex life. 
  5. Lowers blood pressure- As I mentioned above yoga improves blood circulation and decreases stress, These are the two main factors contributing to high blood pressure in a person. By enhancing blood circulation and decreasing stress yoga helps high blood pressure in check. 




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