How Yoga helpful to reduce stress

 There is much day-to-day stress we come across. Like

• After a tough client meeting. 
• Short deadlines of delivery.
• Missing a bus and got delayed in the daily office routine.
• times of uncertainty like the recent pandemic situation and fear of a job loss.
• Family pressures.
• Not having a change in your life. So on.,

Even though these are mental pressures these can affect your body as well. The state of mind and that of the body are intimately connected. Body muscles will also be stressed if the mind is under pressure. Anxiety and tension are symptoms of stress. Mental stress is common nowadays as the work-life balance is being hardly affected these days.

Stress has an impact on digestion. The digestive process is hampered during times of stress, and the digestive system suffers as a result. Ulcers can be caused by the release of adrenaline during a stress response. In addition to affecting the immune system, stress increases blood pressure. Increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and kidney failure is associated with stress. 

There are 6,200 thoughts per day for the average person, according to a study. Every day, our minds are filled with thousands of thoughts, dwelling on incidents from the past by accessing our memory, and imagining and fearing about the future. It's tiring and stressful to think so much. These stressful thoughts hinder the usual brain functions, this could impact other body functions as the stress thoughts escalate. People even complain that they can't sleep after going to bed as their brain continues to think. 

Chronic stress impairs brain function in many ways, according to several studies. Synapse regulation can be disrupted, resulting in the loss of sociability and the avoidance of social interactions. There is evidence that stress can reduce the size of the brain and kill brain cells.

 Stress could develop Physical, emotional and behavioural symptoms.

• Body pains, headaches.
• Shaking or dizziness, trouble sleeping.
• Feeling like your heart is racing and blood pressure shoots up.
• Showing anger to others, sometimes showing fear.
• Unable to take a decision under a stress.
• Jaw clenching and Muscle tension.

So it is a requirement daily to come out of these pressures to handle a healthy routine. 

Yoga asanas along with meditation can give peace of mind to handle regular tasks easily and efficiently. Regular yoga practitioners feel higher self-confidence and were able to overcome the stress. Usually, you will start to look at anything in a different perception. So the understanding becomes easy as a result this raises the productivity of the person in multiple ways. 

Many pranayama practices can also help in reducing stress, both from body and mind. Along with meditation one can totally remove the stress from their mind and can be able to focus on their routine efficiently.

Pranayama after asanas practice will drastically reduce thought density by removing unnecessary thoughts out by focusing on the ‘Prana’ which is one of the driving forces of life. A practitioner who is able to direct his thoughts on his will by regular asana and pranayama can then be able to do meditation.

Savasana, the corpse pose, is used to close each yoga session. While this forced relaxation can be difficult at first, it eventually leads to a complete release of both body and mind. Practices like Yoga Nidra allow for longer, deeper periods of relaxation, as well as an introduction to the practice of meditation, which is a fantastic stress reliever.

Yoga can reduce stress, anxiety and heart disease risk factors, according to the American Heart Association. By doing yoga asanas, pranayama and meditation, practitioners can increase their resilience to stressful situations and reduce various important risk factors for various diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases.