Tag: Flexibility

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Besides our usual exercise regimen, what our body also needs is not just being worked-out, but getting to really relax and stretch out those...

Who would have thought sitting still could lead to serious health issues? Researchers have proved that excessive sitting has the potential to damage blood vessels, and increase the chances of heart diseases. All those hours of sitting at your work desk, in the car, and sprawling on the sofa could lead to multiple health issues including reduced immunity.

Kick-start your day with warm lemon water to aid digestion and flush out toxins from the body. Combat the morning stiffness by doing a 5-minute toe-to-head stretch. Supplement your diet with digestive enzymes, bitters, and natural probiotics to counter inflammation. Meditate or use guided visualizations to relax and catch a good night's sleep.

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Repeated muscle movements above and below the hip joint make it tight, impairing our overall mobility. Stretching exercises open hip flexors, rotators and inner thighs, relieve lower back and sciatica pain, and improve circulation and overall flexibility. Try these hip-opening asanas: lizard pose, Anjaneyasana, pigeon pose, Gomukhasana and ankle to knee pose.

Stretch and move about 2-3 times every hour. Walk or jog 3-4 times a week to lower your resting heart rate and blood pressure. Engage in strength training twice a week to preserve muscle tone and improve bone strength. Burn fat with high-intensity interval training 2-3 times a week. Add some Yoga or Pilates to strengthen your core, improve balance, reduce pain and elevate your mood.

Yoga relaxes muscles and nerves. It helps regulate hormonal balance and keeps the fight-or-flight response in check. It opens up respiratory channels, increases lung capacity and improves flow of oxygenated blood to all cells. By stimulating the lymphatic nodes, it prevents build-up of toxins. All of these contribute towards building a strong immune system.

It relieves you of stress, decreases pain, improves breathing and trigger the body’s relaxation response and improves oxygen levels in the body. It also improves flexibility, mobility and reduces and existing aches. Moreover, it improves strength, helps in weight management, promotes circulation and cardiovascular conditions.

Stretching helps muscles become flexible and ensures blood circulation so that your body doesn't become stiff. Children are able to mold into any position due to their muscle flexibility, but adults require more energy as their muscles are tight. So include stretches in your daily life to feel younger, healthier, ensure blood circulation and keep yourself flexible.

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Yoga helps build endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, and muscle control in all areas of the body, including the back, abdomen, and groin. It also improves self-confidence, self-awareness, and sensitivity. Yoga can give you better orgasms too. Regular practice of sitting wide-legged straddle, legs up the wall, child, bridge, lotus, plow, eagle, goddess, downward dog, and lizard poses will improve your sex life.