Twenty minutes of yoga a day remove the feeling of stress by more than 10 percent and improves the quality of sleep, according to U.S. physicians. To minimize the impact of external stressors on the organism, the Ohio State University experts offer regular yoga practice for at least 20 minutes a day, but for best results - for an hour daily for at least eight weeks.
Researchers say that yoga can be practiced directly at work. Some volunteers took place in the experiment: every day they were doing yoga and meditation in the working environment during the lunch break. Doctors analyzed saliva samples for testing for the presence of the main stress hormone - cortisol. After six weeks, a significant decrease in the impact of stress on well-being of participants was observed. Also, it's reported that, through yoga, people went to sleep much easier.
Since it is proved that chronic stress is associated with the development of serious diseases, the experts are focused on reducing the impact of daily stressors on health. It was found that daily practiced yoga reduces levels of stress hormones, regulates sleep, prevents daytime fatigue, positively impacts on specific types of stress, is a good means of relaxation at work and monitors breathing. Also, yoga classes allow increasing focus on job responsibilities by 9,7% and reducing job stress by 11%. Clinicians of the Massachusetts University believe that yoga helps getting rid of the symptoms of depression, anxiety and chronic pain.
Daily yoga classes are helping to struggle against the job stress
What is Global Mala Yoga for Peace?
Global Mala Yoga for Peace is an international project, whose idea is to unite yogis societies from all the continents, schools and styles in order to create “mala around the Earth", in other words, by using the collective practice enclose the circle of energies around the planet to support beneficent world action. Funds earned during this action will be passed to the hospitals, orphanages, etc. The participants are people practicing and interested in yoga, who are eager to reach harmony inside and all over the world, and who can not remain indifferent to children suffering from spinal curvatures. On this day, yogis all over the world will join together to realize the following actions:
108 Sun salutes
108 Om mantras
108 Meditation minutes
This will be 4 hours of practice, joint execution of Om mantras, a show, and trade exhibition of hand-made things! People who take part in this action will have a unique possibility to get acquainted with yogis from their country as well as with foreign ones, practice yoga under guidance of leading teachers and enjoy energy of movement.
The following countries took place in the Global Mala Yoga for Peace project during the previous years: the USA, Brazil, Mexico, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Kenya, SAR, Tanzania, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Canada and others.
The practice is adapted to all levels! Be the sun-ray for those who need this most of all!
Why “Sun Salutes"?
The "Sun Salutes" set of exercises covers all the human physiology: mind, body and breath. It strengthens and stretches the main groups of muscles, anoints the joints, improves spine's condition and massages the internal. Blood starts flowing faster, circulating around the whole body. The circle consists of 12 light yoga postures, which are fulfilled in an accurate order one by one. Each movement should be synchronized with breathing. The perfectness of these exercises is explained by that fact that these are directed to improvement of the whole body's functionality.
What is "mala"?
Mala is a beads, usually consisting of 108 grains. Malas made of Tulasy wood or Runraksy seeds are most commonly used. Beads are different in size and arranged in the size descending order. Each bead is tied up with knots, so that even if the beads are torn, no one bead will be lost. Counting out starts from the largest bead and finishes with the smallest one.
The Global Mala Yoga for Peace project plans holding practices in the countries all over the world on the autumnal equinox day, where each country will present one part (grain) of the international mala. The main purpose of the project is to «plant» this grain of mutual understanding, love and empathy all around the world!
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