Your eyes are closed, your head is up... The sun is overhead with all its warmth. You're wearing your comfortable yoga clothes . Your feet are united with the unique energy of mother earth. By stretching your arms and head forward, you embrace the earth, the heavens and the entire cycle of life in between, nourished by breath.
And a deep breath! Hail to the sun!
You have just witnessed Surya Namaskar, one of the most fundamental sequences of yoga practice. Surya Namaskar is essentially the embodiment of a sacred form of worship to the sun. However, simply calling it the incarnation will not be enough. Because today, it is a proven fact that the movements in yoga practice affect our soul as much as they nourish our body.
You can see how good yoga is for our minds in many other positions, such as Surya Namaskar. From depression to anxiety; From stress to sleep, yoga affects our entire self, our consciousness and subconscious.
Let's see these effects in more detail then!
Is Yoga the Key to Happiness?
It may not be possible for us to be happy all the time in our lives. Well, why? When serotonin, also known as the "happiness hormone", is secreted insufficiently in our body, our body and soul push us into depression and unhappiness. When we are unhappy and depressed, we feel weak, weak or tired. However, by adding yoga to your life, you can get out of this emotional state and unlock happiness with yoga! Yoga helps reduce symptoms of depression, a fact accepted by experts. This is because yoga can reduce cortisol levels, which affect serotonin levels associated with depression. With yoga, you can start to control your thoughts and get away from everything that makes you unhappy with the stretching ability you provide in your body.
No Nerves, No Stress, Just Yoga!
When we start to get lost in our thoughts and get tired, we can become stressed and angry at the situations we encounter. It is quite normal to experience these feelings in a busy business life, a fast pace of school, in relationships that we think are going bad, or at any time when we think we cannot cope. However, when we cannot manage our anger and stress, we can harm ourselves first and then our environment. It is possible to eliminate this damage with yoga! Especially in terms of stress management, yoga will be an effective method for you to get away from anger and stress, as it contains many of the individual stress management techniques.
Avoid Anxiety, Let Yoga Catch You
Anxiety is one of the essences of human existence. Healthy anxiety helps us focus and stay motivated. However, if these concerns start to negatively affect our lives and minds, they can turn into serious problems. Fortunately, thanks to yoga, you can control your anxiety and experience inner relaxation! How Does? For example, you can start with Balasana, one of the yoga movements. By relaxing your muscles with the Balasana pose, you can eliminate the tension in the shoulders and stop your anxiety by reducing the load on the spine. You can also refresh your body and mind with mystical hand movements mudras. If you want to learn more about mudras and reveal your energy with the world of mudras, you can read our article Unleash Your Energy with the World of Mudras .
Good Breath, Good Sleep
In today's metropolitan living conditions, it is quite natural that sometimes we do not even have time to breathe and we do not have time to sleep! When we cannot get quality sleep during the time we spare for sleep, everything can become more difficult for us. However, it is up to us to improve the quality of our sleep! You can see the change in your sleep even with a short yoga practice that you repeat every day. We guarantee that you will sleep much happier and more peacefully when you make the breathing practices and stretching movements offered by yoga a routine in your life!
While yoga has countless benefits, these are the important topics we have compiled for you. However, to see the countless other effects of yoga on psychology, you can purchase the book Hayy'dan Hu'ya and examine all the miracles created by yoga in more detail.
Yoga is a way to enter stillness to experience the truth of who you are. Finding your existence and your body on this path of serenity; Wishing you to discover your soul!
