5. The Perfect Balancing Act
It’s no secret that yoga improves balance. Balance is something most people take for granted, but it is what helps you not to fall off your chair, walk upright or descend a flight of stairs.
Good balance improves your posture and helps insulate various muscle groups from strain – the more subtly imbalanced you are, the more likely you’ll develop muscle spasms over time and turn to remedies such as physiotherapy or acupuncture.
Strengthening and stretching yoga poses require complete focus and for the mind to be at rest. The only energy of any kind that is used is directed at seeing your body in a certain position in your mind’s eye and keeping it there.
While this is great for physical balance, it also results in a mental and emotional balance in daily life. Yoga trains the mind to be even and calm during these balancing poses so that your daily responses to life seem less like a rollercoaster and more like a smooth, pleasant drive.