Yoga works the body and improves physical, mental and emotional health, which helps to lose weight in a healthy way, explains the yoga therapist Liubov Pushkar, reports the Sputnik portal.
The specialist points out that in this activity there are many respiratory practices. “Yoga without breath is a simple exercise,” she said.
“Thanks to breathing in yoga, the body is saturated with oxygen, which, in turn, favors the oxidation of fat and the calming of the nervous system,” Pushkar stressed.
Similarly, he explained that in most cases weight gain is due to a state of prolonged and chronic stress when the level of cortisol increases, the so-called stress hormone, the latter influences the activation of the sympathoadrenal system that regulates the so-called fight or flight reaction. in such a situation
our brain does not allow us to lose weight, stops metabolic processes and accumulates fat.
“Yoga lowers the level of cortisol in the body and activates the parasympathetic nervous system, part of the vegetative system responsible for a correct metabolism,” he said while explaining that the improvement of this last process helps lose weight without exhausting workouts.
In addition, this breathing practice helps to recover serenity of conscience, one of the important factors to lose weight correctly, said the specialist.
Regular yoga practices increase the levels of dopamine, serotonin and acetylcholine, positive neuromediators that influence quality of life. The establishment of a neuromuscular link, the possibility of feeling the body and releasing negative emotions with the help of yoga breathing practices when the muscles of the whole body come into action, all this creates in us a stress resistance.
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