Benefits of THE HEART AND SCIENCE OF YOGA
THE AMERICAN MEDITATION INSTITUTE’S
Empowering Self-Care Program for a Happy, Healthy, Joyful Life
- Reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress
- Increases energy, strength and vigor
- Helps to reduce weight
- Reduces free radicals that cause tissue damage
- Lowers cholesterol levels and risks of cardiovascular disease
- Improves flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing
- Decreases the aging process
- Increases the hormone DHEAS that can perk up your sex drive, build muscle, and retard the effects of aging
- Can prevent, slow or control pain of chronic diseases
- Makes you sweat less
- Can reduce or eliminate migraine headaches
- Stimulates brain functioning
- Reduces the high cost of medical care
- Reduces asthma symptoms
- Improves athletic performance in events like golf, tennis and bowling
- Strengthens the endocrine system
- Relaxes the nervous system
- Produces beneficial changes in the brain’s electrical activity
- Increases restorative sleep
- Decreases anxiety and stress
- Slows the heart rate
- Increases exercise tolerance
- Helps physical relaxation
- Reduces high blood pressure
- Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate
- Decreases muscle tension
- Helps in chronic diseases like allergies and arthritis
- Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms
- Enhances post-operative healing
- Strengthens the immune system
- Can reverse infertility (the stresses of infertility can interfere with the release of hormones that regulate ovulation)
- Builds self-confidence
- Increases serotonin level that influences mood and behavior
- Resolves phobias and fears
- Helps increase focus and concentration
- Increases creativity
- Improves learning ability and memory
- Increases feelings of vitality and rejuvenation
- Increases emotional stability
- Improves relationships
- Helps the ability to change old habits
- Develops intuition
- Increases productivity
- Improves discrimination
- Strengthens will power
- Increases the ability to solve complex problems
- Helps you react more quickly and more effectively to a stressful situation
- Decreases anger
- Helps in quitting smoking and alcohol addiction
- Helps you discover your life’s purpose