At Prana Endura, we place a strong emphasis on using massage and yoga to help manage and heal chronic pain, but the benefits of yoga are plentiful. Yoga provides many benefits to help improve a person’s physical and mental health regardless of age.
The wonderful thing about yoga is anyone can do it, regardless of skill level, as there are modifications for most poses and entry-level classes for beginners. Yoga is also one of the most accessible forms of exercise—you can do it almost anywhere with little to no equipment.
By maintaining regular and consistent yoga practice, a person can significantly improve their overall physical and mental well-being. Let’s go over some of the many benefits of practicing yoga.
The physical health benefits of yoga
Yoga provides many benefits to a person’s physical health if performed regularly. It’s an excellent way to improve a person’s overall quality of life.
Reduced chronic pain
At Prana Endura, one of our primary goals is to help our clients alleviate their chronic pain through massage and yoga.
Yoga is a great exercise to help alleviate chronic pain, including arthritis, fibromyalgia, back pain, migraines, and other chronic conditions.
Increased strength, balance. and flexibility
Yoga incorporates various poses to help stretch the muscles, thus improving flexibility and range of motion.
Another benefit of yoga is improved balance and strength, as it requires you to hold various poses for short periods of time.
Improved respiration and energy
Some yoga poses are great at raising low cortisol levels and reducing fatigue, such as the cobra pose and downward dog, resulting in better energy levels.
Yoga is also known to improve respiratory health, as it largely focuses on controlled breathing, which helps improve the strength of the chest muscles.
Better cardio and circulatory health
Another amazing benefit of yoga is its effect on a person’s circulatory health. Relaxation and movement bring more oxygen into the blood and get the blood flowing throughout the body.
The mental health benefits of yoga
Yoga benefits not only physical health but mental health as well.
Stress relief
One of the greatest benefits of yoga on mental health is stress relief. Yoga promotes relaxation through meditation and controlled breathing, thus alleviating mental stress and providing a sense of calmness.
Mental clarity
Yoga is great for improving mental “muscles,” so to speak. When practicing yoga, brain cells form new connections, thus improving brain functions such as memory, attention, and awareness.
Better sleep
Another amazing benefit of yoga is improved sleep. The slow, controlled breathing techniques used in yoga stimulate the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve affects the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for the body’s ability to rest.
Yoga at Prana Endura
At Prana Endura, we offer yoga as part of our services. We offer individual private sessions that are uniquely tailored to your individual needs. We offer 30 to 60-minute private sessions.
We also offer group yoga classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Our group classes are inclusive, progressive vinyasa flow classes suitable for all levels.