Shape and Lose Weight, Relieve Stress by Practicing It - 5 Things Newcomers Should Remember
Source: Economic Daily-China Economic Net
During the period of home stay, practicing yoga is not a bad choice to shape and reduce fat, strengthen the body and mind, and relax the body. However, for beginners, incorrect movements or excessive force can easily cause harm to the body. What are the benefits of practicing yoga? What should beginners pay attention to? Below, China Economic Daily-China Economic Net Fashion Channel sorts it out for you.
Yoga has many benefits
Relieving pain, promoting blood circulation
Yoga postures through standing, sitting, kneeling, lying down, and inversions, various postures of the body bend, stretch, and twist, which is very good for the human central pillar spine and muscles and internal organs. Many concave arching postures can effectively treat cervical, waist pain, and poor blood circulation in the lower body of white-collar workers' common diseases.
Shaping and reducing fat, improving figure
Yoga's sculpting body shape and weight loss effect are significant. Through yoga practice, people can become more determined, and have stronger control over food cravings to achieve effective weight loss. Yoga also has a noticeable hip-lifting effect, which can improve the pear-shaped figure caused by long-term sitting.
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Relieving stress, improving sleep
Yoga rest techniques and voice meditation can help calm tense nerves, relieve stress and improve sleep. Through breathing, postures, movements and meditation, restore inner peace.
Inner peace, relieving stress
Being able to adjust breathing is the highest level of yoga practice. When people breathe quickly, they are bound to be anxious, and judging may be wrong. When breathing is smooth, the heart is peaceful, and there is love and tolerance in the heart.
Pay attention when practicing yoga
1. Choose a suitable time. In the morning, before breakfast, and in the evening, it is the best time to practice yoga. Other times can also be practiced, but you must ensure that you are empty-stomached or completely digested before practicing. Generally, it is three to four hours after a meal, and you can practice within half an hour. It is more scientific to take a 1-hour meal after practicing.
2. Different people, gradual progress. Don't imitate anyone, no two people are in the same physical condition, don't go to compare with other practitioners, don't be discouraged if you can't do a certain move, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. As long as you challenge your limits within your body's capabilities.
3. Choose comfortable loose clothing. When practicing yoga, you should wear comfortable loose clothing, generally it's best to wear barefoot. If you feel too cold, you can wear cotton short socks.
4. Stop if you feel discomfort. When practicing postures, if you feel pain or sharp pain, feel physical exhaustion or the body shakes, you must stop this posture and rest immediately. If you feel numbness in your hands and feet, you must immediately retract the posture and consult a doctor.
5. Long-term sitters should do a check before practicing. For long-term sitters, before practicing yoga postures, it is best to consider asking a doctor to do some examinations, including MRI and other tests, to identify the weak parts of the body so that they can confirm that they will not be injured when practicing certain yoga postures.
