Most men know that yoga can improve your flexibility, but the practice has a lot of other health benefits! Check out these seven addition reasons to consider adding yoga to your regular routine.
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It keeps your spinal disks supple.
If you have a lot of back problems, talk to your doctor to find out if yoga can be beneficial. The disks between your vertebrae can compress nerves and movement can help reduce the chances of back-related issues.
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It can lower your blood pressure.
Multiple studies have found that yoga can help lower blood pressure. Even the “Corpse Pose,” which is basically just lying on your back, has been found to create significant drops in people with high blood pressure.
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It can help fight depression.
Because yoga can help you feel healthy, relaxed, active and even social, it may help improve your mental state.
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It can improve balance.
Balance can become a significant concern as you age. If you regularly practice yoga, you will probably find that it improves your proprioception: “the ability to feel what your body is doing and where it is in space.”
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It can improve sleep.
For most people, yoga is relaxing, which helps you feel less stressed without making you tired. When partnered with meditation, it can help your nervous system unwind from even the most trying day.
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It can improve digestive issues.
Movement of any kind can help stimulate the bowels, but some experts theorize that the twisting poses in yoga may be especially beneficial in moving food and waste products through the digestive system.
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It builds strength.
There’s a reason most yoga instructors look so fit and it’s not because they do lots of other forms of exercise or lift weights. Yoga helps you create lean, strong muscles without decreasing flexibility.
