Discover the benefits of Yoga
by Happiness To Work February 4, 2023
Yoga improves our mental and physical health. We review the benefits of yoga according to science:
Understanding the mechanism by which certain body postures influence our psychological states is complex, but a study carried out by researchers from the University of London (United Kingdom), the University of Social Sciences and Humanities of Poznan (Poland) and the Institute Universitario de Lisboa (Portugal) has managed to extract the numerous health benefits that the practice of yoga brings.
The experts compared the effect of de tadasana, urdhva hastasana and garudasana yoga, finding that performing two simple yoga poses for two minutes led to improved subjective feelings of energy and self-esteem in the volunteers compared to the control group ( regardless of their initial levels of self-esteem and satisfaction). Behind this energy boost could be an association with the functioning of the vagus nerve, the largest of the autonomic nervous system responsible for the unconscious functioning of the body such as breathing, circulation and digestion.