| Deadlines, disappointments and demands can cause | | | | yoga, which is being used for 5,000 years to relieve |
| stress in your life. While each problem may be small, | | | | stress. |
| the cumulative impact can lead to chronic stress. This | | | | Yoga is both a science and an art and is practiced for |
| in turn can cause serious ailments. It is worrisome that | | | | healing both physical and mental stress. It helps you |
| most of us do nothing to keep stress away and end | | | | understand life, increases your ability to think logically |
| up harming ourselves further by consuming painkillers, | | | | and enables to you handle various tasks vigorously |
| antidepressants and sleeping pills. | | | | without stressing yourself. |
| In fact, many of us, especially those who are working, | | | | Yoga practice includes asana, pranayama, bandha, |
| don't even realize that we are suffering from this | | | | kriya, shatkarma, mudra and meditation. The various |
| life-threatening disease. Yoga for stress relief includes | | | | asanas (postures) of yoga relax your body and help |
| a plethora of techniques, including meditation, | | | | release physical tension. Practicing pranayam |
| visualization and exercise. | | | | (breathing), dhyana (meditation) and asana help in |
| Yoga for Stress Relief: What is stress? | | | | releasing muscular tension, increasing body awareness |
| Stress is our physical or emotional responses to good | | | | and improving mind and body coordination. |
| or bad situations. Mental symptoms of stress include | | | | Meditation is a boon for people suffering from low |
| tension, excessive fatigue, insomnia, irritability and lack | | | | blood pressure, inability to focus and anxiety. After |
| of concentration. Headache, dry mouth, frequent | | | | meditation you feel light and peaceful. The various |
| urination, a fast heartbeat, sweating palms and difficulty | | | | breathing techniques in pranayama supply oxygen to |
| in breathing are some of the physical symptoms of | | | | all the parts of body and cleanse it, resulting in |
| stress. Chronic stress can cause high blood pressure, | | | | increased level of energy and awareness of breathing. |
| poor immune system, increased risk of heart attack | | | | Himalayan yogi Bharat Thakur has introduced a new |
| and stroke, infertility and aging. Stress can make you | | | | concept of yoga, artistic yoga. The various techniques |
| more vulnerable to anxiety and depression. | | | | of artistic yoga have been devised to suit the physical |
| Yoga for Stress Relief: How does it work? | | | | and mental needs of the modern man and to improve |
| Depending upon one's choices, everyone has different | | | | awareness. Apart from offering yoga classes in |
| ways to de-stress, popularly called stress busters. One | | | | groups and personal sessions, Bharat Thakur also |
| may listen to soothing music, dance, watch movies, | | | | offers corporate yoga in the form of 'Transformation' |
| cook their favorite dish, travel, exercise or play with | | | | to help companies de-stress employees and increase |
| their pet. One of the best de-stressing techniques is | | | | productivity. |