The physical benefits of practicing yoga

There are twelve physiologies of the body that function physically, spiritually, ethereally, mentally, and carry rajasic, sattvic, and tamasic tendencies that yoga directly benefits. The physiologies are: integumentary, fascial, skeletal, muscular, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, eliminative, endocrine, nervous, mental-emotional, and pranic. 

1. Integumentary

Yoga gives skin a healthy glow by detox through sweating, balancing hormones and boosting the flow of oxygen rich blood to the skin. Yoga movement and meditation stimulate the production balance of collagen throughout the body, promoting resilient skin. 

2. Fascial

Yoga can release lock down in the body from the constant "forward thrust" by using an intrinsic patterning of resistance and release. This facilitates fluidity throughout all the climates of the body, from visceral, to neuromuscular, to mental-emotional. The sound of ujjayi pranayama has a softening effect on the fascial sheath.

3. Skeletal

Yoga strengthens the bones density through isometric movements and keeps optimal range of motion throughout the joints.

4. Muscular 

Yoga strengthens, tones, and lengthens the musculature through movement. Yoga movement also keeps muscles young and vital, so minerals and nutrients are more readily absorbed. Freeing tight muscles brings balance to the structural alignment of the body, so more movement is allowed expending less energy.

5. Circulatory

Yoga acts as a cleanser of the circulatory system through both movement and oxygenation of blood, as well as tones the entire cardiovascular system. 

6. Respiratory

Yoga stretching and breathing increases overall lung capacity which oxygenates, strengthens, and tones all systems of the body. Regular Yoga Breathing helps the body detox naturally and gives the skin a youthful, healthy appearance. 

7. Digestive

Yoga is typically practiced on an empty stomach. Regular yoga practice stimulates naturally the body's digestive fire and healthy eliminative practice. In short, regular yoga keeps you regular. 

8. Eliminative

Yoga stimulates the peristalsis actions with in the body. Yoga Kriyas and the Yogi tradition of fasting can be used to cleanse the GI tract internally.  

9. Endocrine

Yoga is a balancing tonic for glandular flows and stimulates thyroid function and the pituitary (the Master Gland). 

10. Nervous 

Yoga increases nerve energy pathways throughout the body, balances the cerebrospinal fluids and releases impingement pressure on nerves. Yoga also soothes the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems to work in tandem as they were intended. 

11. Mental-Emotional

Yoga balances the right and left brain thinking capacity, increases conscious awareness, and concentration abilities of the mind. 

12. Pranic

Yoga increases the overall Prana to each of the twelve systems and cultivates the ability to direct energy to different areas of the body. The electromagnetic field (aura), chakras, nadis, and marma points would be included in the pranic system. 

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