Lenkefi Mónika
2 min readApr 15, 2021

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The positive effects of yoga

The body and the soul need regular exercise. Many diseases can also be avoided by making sports a part of everyday life. This is how the immune system can work more efficiently. He must have noticed that when he did yoga, he also felt much better spiritually. It is no coincidence that during yoga exercises, the hormone endorphins is released in the body, which causes a feeling of happiness and satisfaction.

Recent research has shown that regular exercise has a positive effect not only on physical health and not only on the soul, but also on brain function. Of the forms of movement, yoga has been shown to have a positive effect on brain function.

Yoga practices can have a lot of positive effects in everyday life. Not only can you regain your flexibility, but you can also help create a better balance and improve your mood. Yoga has also been shown to even modify the size of the brain and its structure.

4 areas that are positively affected by yoga:

  1. One such brain area is the hippocampus, which is also responsible for memory. When you do yoga exercises, a compound is released in the hypothalamus that not only reduces anxiety but also relieves stress, and can even help reduce depressive symptoms.
  2. There may be further changes in the amygdala that is responsible for emotions.
  3. As a matter of fact, it can also cause a change in the prefrontal cortex, which plays a role in decision-making, among other things.
  4. Nor is it incidental that yoga can reduce the development of age-related neurodegenerative diseases.

Regular exercise can even help reduce inflammation, chronic pain, and migraines in the body. Patients with low back pain and fibromyalgia have reported that all their complaints have disappeared since they practiced yoga.

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Lenkefi Mónika

Lenkefi Mónika vagyok, jóga, csikung és meditációs oktató, a Jógaoktatók Kézikönyve szerzője, a békéscsabai és gyulai Ízisz Jóga Stúdió alapítója és vezetője.