Yoga-Menta Well Being
Yoga- Mental Well Being
Mental health issues, also known as mental
illnesses or mental disorders, are a range of conditions that can affect a
person's mood, thinking, and behaviour. This guideline is concerned with the
care and treatment of people with a common mental health disorder,
including depression, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder,
phobias, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Yoga should be considered as a complementary
therapy or alternative method for medical therapy in the treatment of stress,
anxiety, depression, and other mood disorders as it has been shown to
create a greater sense of well-being, increase feelings of relaxation, improve
self-confidence and body image.
When you lift weights, your muscles get stronger
and bigger. When you do yoga, your brain cells develop new connections, and
changes occur in brain structure as well as function, resulting in improved
cognitive skills such as learning and memory. Yoga strengthens parts of the
brain that play a key role in memory, attention, awareness, thought, and
language. Think of it as weightlifting for the brain.
Studies using MRI scans and other brain imaging
technology have shown that people who regularly did yoga had a thicker cerebral
cortex (the area of the brain responsible for information processing) and
hippocampus (the area of the brain involved in learning and memory) compared
with nonpractitioners. These areas of the brain typically shrink as you age,
but the older yoga practitioners showed less shrinkage than those who did no
yoga. This suggests that yoga may counteract age-related declines in memory and
other cognitive skills.
Research also shows that yoga and meditation may
improve executive functions, such as reasoning, decision-making, memory,
learning, reaction time, and accuracy on tests of mental acuity.
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.
Meditation also reduces activity in the limbic
system — the part of the brain dedicated to emotions. As your emotional
reactivity diminishes, you have a more tempered response when faced with
stressful situations.
Drugs and talk therapy have traditionally been the
go-to remedies for depression and anxiety. But complementary approaches such as
yoga also help, and yoga stacks up well when compared with other complementary
therapies.
Regular yoga practice creates mental clarity
and calmness; increases body awareness; relieves chronic stress patterns;
relaxes the mind; centres attention; and sharpens concentration.
Techniques like Pranayama, Meditation and Asanas Yoga
improves mind-body coordination and consciousness, while Pranayama improves
breath and mind control. Regular meditation practice improves mental
health by reducing stress and anxiety. Daily yoga asana with Pranayama and
meditation helps individuals become health-conscious and live a holistic life.
Few Pranayamas like Brahmari Pranayama is most
effective in reducing stress and anxiety, and for relief from migraines and
headaches. It reduces tension and heaviness.
Meditation may decrease stress. It can also improve
symptoms of stress-related conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome
(IBS), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and fibromyalgia. Improved memory:
Better focus through regular meditation may increase memory and mental clarity.
Asanas were claimed to provide both spiritual and
physical benefits in medieval hatha yoga texts. More recently, studies have
provided evidence that they improve flexibility, strength, and balance; to
reduce stress and conditions related to it; and specifically, to alleviate some
diseases such as asthma and diabetes.
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