Yoga - the benefits

First and foremost, you should understand how best you can benefit by practicing Yoga. Essentially, Yoga should be practiced the right way, if you are to reap any of its benefits. And what is the right way? In essence, this means learning from the right source. Today, unfortunately, a lot of hoaxes, hypocrites, frauds and shams, posing as Yogis – why, mahayogis, even – are teaching and propagating brands of what-they-call Yoga. Yoga Institutes are mushrooming pell-mell, all over the world, all with their own tall claims about Yoga and the ability to treat a variety of diseases.

Caveat emptor – at your own risk – the hazards are enormous.

Fact is, if practiced correctly, Yoga and its cleansing techniques are extremely beneficial for a number of ailments – and there’s proof. What’s more, Yoga is exceptionally helpful for those wishing to:


Increase flexibility – Yogasanas (postures) act on all the muscles and joints of your body. In addition, the much tried-and-tested Yoga postures tone up every single tendon and ligament of your body.


Calm the mind and heart – However, all these enormous physical benefits are just by-products of this wonderful practice. Actually, Yoga synchronizes your body, mind and emotions into one harmonious whole, thus bringing about the real desirable change. It is now an open secret that will power facilitates the attainment of extraordinary feats – physical, mental and emotional. Which only goes to prove, beyond the shadow of a doubt, how closely the body mind and heart are interlinked and what wonders Yoga works on them.


Massage the internal organs – Yoga is the only physical workout system regimen that acts on and massages all your body parts. That includes each and every one internal organ and gland, such as your thyroid and prostate. These glands hardly ever get stimulated in your whole life – naturally, or by way of any other physical exercise. The organic stimuli and rub down, subsequently, does you a world of good and helps keep sickness at bay. Yoga also provides you the much-needed intuition, at the first possible indication, of a possible start of disease or disorder.

Detoxify internally – Yoga ascertains that each and every part of your body receives optimum blood supply .It does so by gently stretching the muscles and joints of your body while massaging all your organs and glands, This helps flush the your toxins out of your system, while providing nourishment y to every nook and cranny of your body.

Firm up the muscles – All your muscles that have become weak, sagging or are flabby get firmed up by Yoga practices. This is achieved by getting rid of surplus, unwanted fat and adipose tissue.

Again a word of caution. Please ensure that you learn from the right person. Ideally, I’d recommend learning from an individual, rather than from an institute. Any institute. The chances of an individual duping you are far less than getting duped by an institute. You can easily check out the credibility – or otherwise – of an individual. It’s far more difficult to ascertain the authenticity of an Institution. So many people. Who’s right and who’s wrong? You’ll find out, soon enough. Best exercise a little ingenuity and caution.