What yoga pose is the most beneficial to your mental health? WHY?
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The Corpse -- Savasana\nRelaxes and refreshes the body and mind, relieves stress and anxiety, quiets the mind\nPossibly the most important posture, the Corpse, also known as the Sponge, is as deceptively simple as Tadasana, the Mountain pose. Usually performed at the end of a session, the goal is conscious relaxation. Many people find the "conscious" part the most difficult because it is very easy to drift off to sleep while doing Savasana. Begin by lying on your back, feet slightly apart, arms at your sides with palms facing up. Close your eyes and take several slow, deep breaths. Allow your body to sink into the ground. Try focusing on a specific part of the body and willing it to relax. For example, start with your feet, imagine the muscles and skin relaxing, letting go and slowly melting into the floor. From your feet, move on to your calves, thighs and so on up to your face and head. Then simply breathe and relax. Stay in the pose for at least 5-10 minutes.\n\nHere is a list of pictures and explanations of positions and the benefits.
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Ayurvedic Medicine is great, I especially love all the uses of natural ingredients.  There are a ton of great book sout there for you to look at.  I would recomment doing that.  \n\nI don't know much about yoga, I have taken a class in it, but I have an Ayurvedic Medicine woman, and she is great.
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Yoga is an ancient art of India. The main concern of yoga is conecting with your inner spirit. This is called as PRANAYAM. If I split the word it will read as Pran and AYAM. Pran means the breath or life and AYAM means control. So collectively its controlling your breath ie controlling your life. All yoga postures are based on maintaining your breatrh which directly cooridates your heart and maintaining the curves and shapes of body in proper position which further enhances the breathing coordination.\n\nThis is the basic of yoga by which you discipline your heart and body. Once you acheive this then rest is OK. You can control anything. Loosing weight is just a fun. \n\nBut caution only a trained personnel can give you right direction, These days its a booming business in western countries.
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:) For mental health, you should have peace to be happy and good in life. to have peace, probably you need some confidence, patience and learn to appreciate everything around you.. even simplest thing like the rain. for physical health, that's lots simpler, healthy diet, exercise, sports, enough rest and so on.. healthy mentally and physically are closely related ;) you have to own both to life a good life. learn to love and enjoy being loved as well. i don't have everything in life but i'm happy, i face problem in campus, in life but i look at the things i have, actually, i'm very blessed. i can be happy with a chocolate bar, just a simple cabury chocolate bar :)
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yoga isn't only for relaxation, it builds muscles and balance. i got more definition in my muscles from 5 months of yoga than 8 years of ballet.
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I don't think yoga is complete in and of itself, but I think yoga would benefit anyone.  I only did it for a year and I have to admit it has done a lot for me.
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It is good for anybody. Yoga shastra (Science of Yoga) does not recognize artificial barriers created by man. It works for the physical and spiritual well being of all mankind.\n\nOnly conditions are 1) Learn it from a qualified person and\n\n                     2) Practice it regularly.
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http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/index.cfm?ctsrc=welcome
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I haven't tried yoga.  I guess I just picture yoga as just twisting myself in these awkward positions that my body would be like "uh I don't think that's supposed to bend like that" and then trying to breathe and relax.  I feel like I can relax better by just sitting on the couch and watching TV, or just taking a nap.
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Take a moment to pamper myself once in awhile. Relieve stress by meditation, yoga, or just kickin' it and watching something on the tube. Music makes me dance, dance makes me feel good about my body. Taking a long walk and breathing the fresh air and wathcing things around me makes me appreciate the fact that I am here, and in the body I am in.
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Not only his in general any Yoga would help.\n\nCheck this: \n\nThe benefits of yoga - Yoga for all\n\nhttp://www.boredcorner.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1379
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I highly recommend doing yoga.
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the mental side of my disease is much easier to deal with thanks to having a reason for my depression at times. Stress is horrible for the immune system so therefore I try to stay as upbeat as possible.
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Yoga is incredible, great for the body and the soul. It improves circulation, flexibility, breathing and muscular tone. Its low impact so its great for joints too!
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Being centered emotionally as well as being physically as healthy as possible. However, I tend to lean more towards psychological health as it so easily affects the physical. \n\nTo be "well", I have to be balanced within and without, both with nature and with humans.  An inner calm often results from this inner balance which is what I define as "well"\n\nIt's "my kind of well"\n\nGood question!\n\n~Zrana
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Avoid drugs if at all possible, try Yoga first and meditation.  They are both great for chilling out...;
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hi. allow me to share with you a couple of  highly effective yoga techniques which a am sure will do u a whole lot of good. \nthe logic behind this is that they increse the efficiency of your lungs and strengtehn the lungs ,the stomach and all other internal organs.\nthe two exercices or "PRANAYAM" as they r widely known, not only cures respiratory illnesses but also takes care of exceessive weigt gain, eyesight and also heart ailments in many patients. people have understood the benefits within weeks of starting these exercises, and i beleive u will 2.\n\n1. sit with an erct posture on the ground. both legs crossed. this is the common position in all yogic asanas. then take a deep breath. this should then be forcefully expelled from your nose by applying force on your stomach. follow this action continuously @ 2/sec. in the beginning do only 30 reps at a stretch. then rest for a while. restart and repeat the cyle for 5-10 times. do not exert yourself. you will succeed gradually. as ur capacity increases do these sets for 10-15 mins daily, increasing the reps and sets accrdng 2 ur convinience\n\n2. after the first exercise, relax. and do this one slowly. inhale air deeply from left nostril while holding the other closed with the thumb of the right hand. after completing the inhalation close the left nostril with right mid finger and exale slowly from the right nostril. follow this with an  inhale from the right and exale from the left using fingers as mentioned. do this task for 10-15 mmins daily.\n\nnote. these exercises need to be done on an empty stomach. so it is important that u havent eaten anything 3-4 hrs prior to doing these exercise. hence early morning is the best time to perform yoga. 1/2 na hour will put u enroute to a life of healthy living