Yoga protects against disease. HOW?

Yoga protects against disease. HOW? Yoga helps in achieving a higher state of consciousness on the evolutionary scale of individual development. It is the discipline of the body and mind. In other words the practice of Yoga postulates keeping the body healthy and the mind calm and peaceful, and sharp intellect, youthful looks, abundant energy, emotional maturity, composure, compassion and spiritual awareness. A health person is an individual whose thoughts and actions can find their equivalent in higher values. Yoga deals with the root cause of the problem. All problems originate from a state of imbalance between our physical, mental and spiritual levels. The Yogi trusts the five elements that constitute the external universe which are air (oxygen), water, fire, earth and either. The yoga practices of hygiene are based on utilizing these elements and relying on them. Yoga insists on organizing our behavior in the external world. When you achieve yoga, you find pure consciousness inaction and good health, resistance power, etc. when the heart works normally through the circulation of blood, it gets the blood purified by the lungs and keeps the digestive system in order, the various glands function and maintain the balance of body; and the mind works calmly and keeps the body functioning through the intricate nervous system. Yoga is a great dynamo of power which you have to tab to become a master of yourself and the world. The greatest power and energy is with you, not without you. The Yogasanas keep our brain and the whole nervous system active and functional. Lungs, Kidneys, skin, liver, spleen and many other glands help in the process of the purification of blood. The researchers analyzed, and they concluded that yoga may reduce insulin resistance syndrome-related cardiovascular (e.g. blood pressure, abnormal lipids, glucose intolerance) disease. Yoga may improve clinical outcomes and may be a useful adjunct in the management of cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance. So, there you go. Yoga may be helpful. If you have or are at risk for insulin resistance and you practice yoga, great. Keep on doing it…but, also be sure you have regular check-ups, “know your numbers” (blood pressure, glucose and lipid levels), eat right and maintain a weight that keeps you healthy.