HOW CAN YOGA RELIEVE STRESS:

Stress is energy-consuming. It takes a lot of energy and can leave us with nothing. This is of extreme pain when one has lots of chores to do but not meeting deadlines and not getting quality time to be spent with one’s spouse.

In all these situations yoga acts as a stress-relieving gadget. In the world of hustle and bustle, when all our wars are been attenuated, people around us are doubting us and one gets no energy to even burst that stress out. It’s time to tune in the body. There is a lot of research material that explains how yoga can help in relieving stress.

Yoga is a great escape from daily stress as it has no side effects and it’s just about your body and soul connecting.

Below are the simple yoga poses to relieve stress anyone can do at home. But before that, if you are still wondering how yoga relieves stress, read the bullet points on what yoga can do to your body,

Relaxes your mind and body

Stretching muscles and releasing happy hormones

Raising body awareness

Breathing becomes more meaningful

POSE # 1: HAPPY BABY POSE

Lie on your back

Bend the knees towards the abdomen

Stretch the hands to grab the feet

Open your knees as much as you can

And remain in this position for at least sixty seconds

WHY THIS YOGA POSE RELIEVE STRESS:

It’s called a happy baby pose because this position can make you calm and happy as babies are.

It also helps to enhance the mood and relieve the pain

It helps sleep better

This position relieves you from fatigue and tiredness

 

POSE#2:CAT POSE

It is the easiest and the best pose ever for relieving stress. Do this for 30 secs daily and see your body getting into a new world.

Get on your hands and feet (like a cat)

Now focus on breathing, make your you draw back your belly to the spine as you exhale and raise the back towards the roof

Gradually let go of the head towards the floor.

WHY THIS RESTORATIVE YOGA POSE WILL RELIEVE STRESS

This practice stretches your lower back left it smoothened.

Hence releasing stress

This cools down the body

POSE#3: COBRA POSE

This is a multi-beneficial and versatile pose. It can also help with diseases like asthma. All that you need to do is:

Lie (on the mat) on the abdomen

Put your hands beside your shoulders

Take the air in slowly

While lifting the chest from the floor with the hands remain constant.

WHY THIS EASY POSE WILL RELEASE STRESS?

This opens up the chest muscles and lets you breathe easily

It relaxes your muscles, gives quick relaxation

And reduces muscles pain (if you have any)

POSE#4: EAGLE POSE

Stand straight

Bend your knees

Cross the thighs as the right thigh over the left one

Now try to hook the left foot behind the lower calf(right)

Cross and align your hands as the

left-hand presses the left palm and the right-hand presses the right palm

BENEFITS

It improves concentration and stretches the muscles

POSE#5: CORPSE POSE

Lie  on your back

Keeps your legs at a distance from each other

Your palms upward

Eyes closed

Stay relaxed

Start breathing deeply

As you breathe focus on all the parts of your body

Starting from head till toe

BENEFITS:

It is really calming pose. It can let you release stress within seconds. Do this for 4 to 5 minutes.