How can yoga affect your mental health?

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Chandrabhan Vithal Zarekar

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Yoga is very important and effect on mind.Mental stress removes and mind becomes tension free.It cures mind related problems like anxiety, depression etc .Yoga keeps mind relaxed and calm. Apart from physical health ,Yoga work on mind.
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COACHING SINCE 2000 To till day

It helps both mentally and physically with regular practice. Mental stress canbe bought down if practiced in long run
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You learn when you are comfortable.

Yoga can help improve your mental helth, it can remove depression, anxiety, stress, hypertension, restlessness, panic attacks and give you peace and stability
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yoga is basically related to chitta and what is chitta ,chitta is called mind so we start yoga then improve breathing pattern after that calm down our mind automatically
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All exercise can boost your mood by lowering levels of stress hormones, increasing the production of feel-good chemicals known as endorphins, and bringing more oxygenated blood to your brain. But yoga may have additional ben­efits. It can affect mood by elevating levels of a brain chemical called...
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All exercise can boost your mood by lowering levels of stress hormones, increasing the production of feel-good chemicals known as endorphins, and bringing more oxygenated blood to your brain. But yoga may have additional ben­efits. It can affect mood by elevating levels of a brain chemical called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which is associated with better mood and decreased anxiety. read less
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