All types of Yoga benefits

Physiological benefits of yoga

• Stable balance the autonomic nervous system
• Pulse rate decreases
• Respiratory rate decreases
• Lowers blood pressure (particularly important for hyporeactors)
• Galvanic skin response (GSR) increases
• EEG - alpha waves increase (theta, delta, and beta waves also increase during various stages of meditation)
• The EMG activity decreases
• The cardiovascular efficiency
• Increases the efficiency of respiratory
• Normalizes gastrointestinal function
• Normalizes endocrine function
• Excretory functions to improve
• Musculoskeletal flexibility and range of motion of the increased movement
• Increased apnea time
• Increase joint range of motion
• Increases grip strength
• Improves hand-eye coordination
• Improve dexterity
• Improves the reaction time
• Posture improves
• Strength and resiliency increase
• Increases stamina
• The increase in energy level
• Weight normalizes
• Improves sleep
• Increases immunity
• Pain decreases
• Stability improves
• Improves depth perception
• Balance improves
• Integrated operation of parts of the body improves
• Psychological Benefits of Yoga
• Somatic and kinesthetic awareness increase
• Mood improves and subjective well-being increases
• Self-acceptance and self-actualization increase
• Increases social adaptation
• Decreased anxiety and depression
• Hostility decreases
• Concentration improves
• Improves memory
• Attention improves
• Effective learning improves
• Mood improves
• Self-actualization increase
• Increases social skills
• Welfare increases
• Somatic and kinesthetic awareness increase
• Self-acceptance increase
• Attention improves
• Concentration improves
• Improves memory
• Effective learning improves
• Symbol encoding improves
• Improves depth perception
• Critical fusion frequency improves

Biochemical benefits of yoga

• Glucose decreases
• Sodium decreases
• Total cholesterol decreased
• Decrease in triglycerides
• Increases HDL cholesterol
• LDL cholesterol decreased
• VLDL cholesterol decreases
• Increases cholinesterase
• Decrease of catecholamines
• ATPase increases
• Increases in hematocrit
• Hemoglobin increases
• Increases the number of lymphocytes
• The total number of white blood cells decreases
• Increases thyroxine
• Vitamin C increases
• Total serum protein increases

Health benefits from the exercise of yoga Yoga Benefits & Compared to conventional exercise

Yoga

Exercise

Parasympathetic nervous system dominates Subcortical regions of brain dominate Slow dynamic and static movements Normalization of muscle tone Low risk of injuring muscles and ligaments Low caloric consumption Effort is minimized, relaxed Energizing (breathing is natural or controlled) Balanced activity of opposing muscle groups Noncompetitive, process-oriented Awareness is internal (focus is on breath and the inifinite) Limitless possibilities for growth in self-awareness

Sympathetic nervous system dominates  Cortical regions of brain dominate  Rapid forceful movements  Increased muscle tension  Higher risk of injury Moderate to high caloric consumption Effort is maximized Fatiguing (breathing is taxed) Imbalanced activity of opposing groups Competitive, goal-oriented Awareness is external (focus is on reaching the toes, reaching the finish line, etc.) Boredom factor