Yoga Relieves Stress                             

•  Stress is the most destructive factor in our society today.
•  It eats away at our physical body and negatively affects our mental and emotional states. 
• Stress is the leading cause of disease and depression in our culture, making stress management a necessity

Yoga can be considered technology for getting back in touch with our true essence and ourselves.  It  is a way of remembering the health and wholeness that is our natural state of being.   Yoga, when broken down to its most simple form, is breathing and feeling.  Through this breathing and feeling we  learn to control our reactions to events and people.  It is not the events and people in our lives that give us stress but the way we react to them.   What makes yoga unique in terms of stress reduction is its multifaceted approach.   By working at the physical and psychological levels concurrently, yoga reduces stress on both these levels.

Physically

• massages the skeletal system which supports bone mass and growth
• Steady, even breathing reduces stress
• Massages the internal organs
• Reduces high blood pressure
• Nerves are massaged and stretched, conducting  calming messages throughout the body.

Emotionally

• Affirmations about peace, calm, and tranquility are conveyed to the nervous system. 
• Yoga brings greater relationship with others and life. 
• Helpful in releasing addictive behaviors, which are often used to relieve stress. 
• Brings awareness to the emotional blocks that limit our experience of life.