The numbers, in front of each bullet's information, correspond to the related research articles below.1. As humans, we are meant to exist in peacefulness most of the time. Yoga’s deep breathing actions activate our parasympathetic nervous system. This is the calm and soothing branch of our nervous system. Fight or flight activity stems from the sympathetic system. When we deep breath in Yoga poses, meditation, mantras, mudras, chanting, etc., we tone the vagus nerve (parasympathetic nervous system) and create a lifestyle habit of walking our world in peace.
The Breath of Life Flows through & Benefits ALL Beings on Earth
2. All work of Yoga moves energy through our physical body. This energy movement helps to move stuck energy and release blockages. When our body’s life force energy flows freely, self healing is enhanced to its maximum.
Your Life Force Energy is a map of who you are.
3. Yoga moves energy through our energetic body. We can release heavy energy, stuck emotions, and release blockages here as well.
4., 5., & 6. Yoga increases strength, flexibility, and balance in body, mind, and spirit.
Being strong, flexible, and balanced in all aspects of our being makes for resilient living.
7. Yoga retrains your brain and whole nervous system to think wellness choices. This internal wellness focus promotes a healthy lifestyle and enhanced self healing.
See the last image with a quote from one of my favorite Yoga books.
The neurotransmitters that flow through your nervous system can create calm / peacefulness or chaos. Daily Yoga practice keeps us in Peace Mode.
Here’s a Retrain Your Brain YouTube video, that I created just for you. It is about changing your ingrained neural pathways so you CAN make positive lifestyle changes and self heal your beautiful body, mind, spirit.
8. Yoga stimulates the immune system by moving lymph fluid, increasing immune activity, enhancing white blood cell count, and so much more.
A happy, healthy immune system makes for vibrant terrain that is resistant to infections and chronic disease.
Germ Theory of Disease: Read up on it in this great book on holistic health, yup, good for female learning too. https://www.amazon.com/Male-Herbal-Definitive-Health-Care/dp/1580911757
9. Yoga calms the release of stress hormones and increases the release of joyful neurotransmitters.
Yoga creates Peace Out Syndrome. ; )
10. Yoga returns you to an innate / intuitive knowing about self.
Finding Self in the Center (Ether) Surrounded by the Elements of Fire, Water, Earth, & Wind / Air. When we are in the center of the Elements, we are whole. Sacred Circle Mentorship is about healing the body, returning to the whole of self. Water Element session of Sacred Circle begins soon, I’ll announce in my newsletter. We may be in person, we may be online again. Either way, we all heal & transform in Circle. 🌙💕🔥💧🌎💨🧚♀️ ⭕️🧘♀️🙏🌲☀️♥️
My first, and still favorite, Yoga book.
1. https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/i-now-suspect-the-vagus-nerve-is-the-key-to-well-being.html
2. & 3. https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/acu-yoga-the-pressure-s-on
4. 5. & 6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193654/
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/11/yoga
7. https://www.ornish.com/zine/how-to-change-your-habits-with-yoga/
8. https://tmhome.com/benefits/meditation-strengthens-immune-system/