Humans have blessed with a lot of abilities that the other living organisms are devoid of. Humankind is endowed with the abilities to reason, acquire knowledge and virtues, and grow with experiences. However, with the growth of civilization and the onset of modernity, we have almost lost touch with our abilities, lost control over ourselves. We have started growing distant from the very nature that makes our existence possible.  This has tremendous negative impacts on individuals as well as the entire species. Poor lifestyle, deteriorating health, mental exhaustion, stress and anxiety haunt us in broad daylight. But you and I dream we dream to do something big, to make tangible contributions to the society and for that you need to live. You need to live a long and healthy life.

It is important for us humans to realize what a blessing it is to have been born, to have a fully functional body, to live and do things. We often see so many people fighting the process of aging by applying creams that hide their old skin, taking pills that will give them youthful energy for a little while or drinking tonics that only promise you a long life but have no tangible results. These products are mere divertissements, and what you need to do ASAP is to aim for a naturally long life and a graceful aging process.

What if I tell you that you can ditch those pills and creams and adopt this one thing in life that will set everything right for you? Yoga! A lot of studies have been done that unveil the fact that Yoga is one of the most effective ways to maximize your longevity. It starts its work from the very cellular level ensuring a natural, healthy, long life. To help you understand better, we’ll list out the ways in which yoga helps you achieve a long life span.

• Improves blood circulation

Proper circulation of blood in your body is an extremely important thing to keep you fit and healthy.  Poor circulation can result in cholesterol issues, blood pressure problems or even diabetes. Yoga is one of the easiest ways to save yourself from all these complications. It involves a great number of twists and breathing exercises that help in making the blood flow to each and every part of your body. It brings oxygenated blood to your brain, heart and other organs of the body. It is believed that yoga also increases hemoglobin levels in red blood cells and saves you from complications like heart attacks and strokes.

• Ups your heart rate

Yoga helps a great deal in boosting your heart rate and allowing maximum oxygen intake during exercise. This helps in building your stamina to a great degree and pushes lethargy as far away from your body as possible. A stable heart rate will also help you do your breathing exercise properly as it will allow you to have breath control and will make you need less oxygen during that. This aspect too is a great way to help yourself stay away from heart attacks and will also help fighting depression.

• Improves your dietary habits and sleeping patterns

When you start practicing yoga, you allow your body to get rid of all the toxins and keep it healthy and fresh. In order to maintain that you motivate yourself to indulge in healthy dietary habits. Regular practice of it also allows you to fix your sleep schedule as it makes you calm as well as tired enough to go peacefully to bed. It allows you to have undisturbed night’s sleep which in turn makes you an efficient early bird.

• Makes your bones and muscles strong

One of the things that make it difficult to deal with old age is the deteriorating conditions of your bones and muscles. Yoga involves a full range of movements that will help your cartilage receive rich nutrients and also make it strong in order to avoid easy wear and tear. In this way, it keeps you away from the complication of arthritis and mitigates. There are many yoga postures that train you to endure heavy weight thus in turn increases the strength of the bones and increase bone density as well.

• Allows your lungs to breath well

 A lot of studies and personal accounts of individuals show that the breathing involved in yoga helps people with lung problems. It trains you to take the maximum amount of breath in one go and in the same way, helps you get rid of a large amount of toxic air through the process of exhalation. It creates enough room in your lungs and avoids any kind of congestive failure. This is a great way to filter your lungs from pollen and dirt and also save yourself from asthma attacks.

• Improves mental health and keeps you positive

Yoga helps a great deal in helping you clear out your brain and get rid of all the toxic thoughts. It makes you calm and therefore allows a practical and objective thinking process. This way your mind would not allow a prolonged accumulation of stress and anxiety. You will be filled with high motivation and positivity which will ensure an optimistic outlook towards life.

All the researches and studies done on yoga have nothing but positive results. There is no good reason to procrastinate further, adopt yoga in your life today. Achieve a young mind, a young heart, and a young soul!