Why yoga – A Cure for Modern Day Stress

As we walk the tightrope of modern life with our animal emotions, the human race strives to achieve balance. In our bodies, in our minds, in our environment, in our lives. With our brains overloaded and our bodies more stable than before, many of us suffer from fatigue and incontinence caused by chronic stress without adequate recovery. Practicing yoga is a very effective way to soothe the nerves that are in the process of being overwhelmed. Yoga can help us to live well between busy schedules and busy areas. Why does it seem that as technology advances at such a pace we have less time available? Now more than ever we need to slow down, calm down, and take a deep breath… Depression has become a part of endless life for many of us; and takes its load. The nervous system feels continuous pressure and remains slow, producing more stress hormones over time. This can weaken the body, leaving us feeling weak or frustrated. Over time, the immune system weakens, causing illness and fatigue, mood swings, irritability, and irritability. Depression is involved in many health problems ranging from migraines and insomnia to lupus, MS, eczema, indigestion, obesity, high blood pressure, and heart attacks. In mild situations a little stress may keep us going and help us to cope. In today's world, however, constant, unrelenting pressure is overwhelming and is taking a toll on our bodies as it diminishes our enjoyment of life. In a city with constant noise, electricity, radiation, radio waves, electromagnetic radiation, and infra-red radiation around us, it creates a lasting impulse that disrupts the central nervous system. We do not yet know the long-term effects of this “white noise.” We may not realize it, but our bodies write down everything that happens around us. In our work and in our lifestyle we often do many activities at once and feel that we are always on the move, and that even if we have time to relax we cannot seem to really relax. What Is Stress? In a challenging situation the human brain responds to stress by activating the nervous system and certain hormones. The hypothalamus (central brain) tells the adrenal glands to produce more of the hormones adrenaline and cortisol, and to release them into the bloodstream. Heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism increase, blood vessels become more open to allow more blood to flow into larger muscle groups, strengthening our muscles and keeping the brain alert. Students stretch to improve vision. The liver releases stored glucose to increase body fat. Sweat is produced to cool the body. This reaction to a series of physical effects occurs to prepare the person to respond more quickly and effectively, enabling him to manage the stress of the moment. Cortisol is a natural steroid that raises blood sugar levels (so muscles have a lot of fat) and suppresses inflammation, but also suppresses the immune system. Adrenal hormones are catabolic, which means that they promote biological processes that burn energy and break down cell structures. If you open the adrenal glands repeatedly without adequate recovery in the middle, your body becomes depleted and exhausted. Stress is needed to maintain self-esteem; survival. In the jungle, a man of ancient times supplied stress hormones when needed to fight off a bear or a leopard, or to survive extreme weather. With strong immune action, blood stress hormones are used that include reduced effects of stress and anxiety symptoms. In modern life some situations are stressful; remove the caterpillar from our thoughts, and develop skills to reach our true potential. Each stage of human evolution has evolved to adapt to the extreme conditions and pressures in our environment, as at this point the body is ready to react with increasing strength and speed while the mind is sharp and focused. Depression and a person's reaction to stress are necessary. What we need now, though, is to learn to adapt to our new world, to cope with the increasingly small but constant stress of the times, and to learn to release them before they affect us in a negative way. When we fail to respond to stress these chemicals and hormones remain unproductive in the body and blood vessels for a long time. This leads to a long list of symptoms such as stiff muscles, restless anxiety, dizziness and rapid heartbeat, and forces the body to be in a state of almost constant alarm when preparing for a fight or flight (known as a fight or flight response). Accumulated stress can increase your risk of both serious and chronic psychosomatic disorders, and can trigger everything from headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic cold and fatigue, diseases such as high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes, heart disease and even cancer. Many medical professionals and psychologists even say that 70 - 90% of adult visits to primary care physicians are due to stress-related problems. ** How Yoga Affects Depression Improve natural physical activity: To recover from the accompanying fatigue. with chronic stress, we need to do things that block the adrenal hormones and promote the production of anabolic hormones. Other forms of yoga, such as flexibility, help to stimulate the brain (Pituitary, Pineal). Moving to the ALPHA state is very important. The state of the alpha is considered to be the proper state of awakening, when it reaches the peak of our creative thought process while the body is in the healing cycle. The alpha form is usually obtained during savasana; the last rest in the practice of yoga. Smooth, deep, balanced breathing, twisting, stretching and posture helps to improve the body's natural functions, keeping the spine, the nervous system house soft, improves fluid flow in the spine and st.