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Do you practice yoga?

By August 29, 2018 February 26th, 2019 No Comments

What is the benefit of relaxation techniques on your health?

Do you practice yoga or meditate?  In Australia about one in six adults practice meditation while one in 10 practice yoga.

We do this as a way to take time out and manage the stress of our day to day lives.

Stress is common, and ongoing stress can contribute to the onset of a range of psychological issues, such as depression and anxiety.

Meditation and yoga have been shown to reduce people’s self-reported levels of stress.

Meditation and yoga have a positive effect on the brain’s stress response system.

How the brain responds to stress

The body’s stress response is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. This is automatic. The autonomic nervous system plays a key role via the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS).

The SNS is to mobilise the body to fight or flight from stressful or threatening situations, via control of internal muscles, organs and glands.

The PNS counterbalances the sympathetic nervous system and returns the body to its natural baseline state after the systematic nervous system activates.

In many cases the PNS and SNS have opposite but complementary functio