Yoga For Beauty & Health

Yoga for Beauty and Healthy Skin

Yoga for beauty can help you to look young and beautiful well into old age. Face is the index of mind, good texture of skin and health of your hairs are an indication of your physical and mental health.

I have come across many people who have a glow on their face with years of regular yoga practice. But this is not possible in a few days by doing some selective asanas. You need to be disciplined in your diet, regular yoga practice, follow yama andniyama yoga ethics and keep balance between your outward personality and your true self. You have to avoid excesses of all kinds. A person with disciplined life and regular yoga practice will look beautiful form outside as well outside and treats you with a refreshing smile always.

Yoga Beauty Fitness. How Yoga Helps?

Yoga helps you to attain your ideal body weight and gives you a proportionate body by removing excess weight from all body organs. It helps to improve flexibility and maintain correct posture for young looks. 

Detoxifying your body is most essential for beauty. Yoga improves blood circulation and helps to remove toxins from the body. Detoxification of alimentary canal through yogic kriyas helps optimum absorption of nutrients in your food. Yoga practice helps to provide nutrition at the cellular level. All the internal organs and particularly the endocrine glands get activated and their functioning is optimised. 

Yoga practice helps to reduce the stress levels considerably and provides complete relaxation. Yoga asanas and pranayama makes you free from disease by strengthening the immune system. Healthy body means healthy skin. 

Yoga practice can specially benefit women to retain their natural beauty while coping up with menstrual problems, child birth, work and home stress etc. Most of the film personalities around the world practice yoga for years to retain their beauty and youthfulness. Yoga helps women to stay slim and active. So, ideally start your day with yoga practice.

What are the main obstacles in the path of beautiful skin?

• Insufficient nutrition due to unhealthy eating habits.
• Eating foods which are poor in nutrition like white flour, sugar, tea, coffee and soft drinks.
• Sedentary lifestyle which leads to proper blood circulation and accumulation of toxins in our blood.
• Proper blood circulation which is most essential for healthy skin.
• As a result of improper cleansing, dirt and dust particles gets accumulated in our skin and clog sweat glands.
• Poor digestion or frequent constipation.
• Over-exposure to sun.

Yoga For Beauty

Yoga asanas, pranayama and kriyas help to improve blood circulation, detoxify your body and restore proper functioning of your body as well as endocrine glands.

Yoga For Beauty: Poses

Asanas (yoga postures) help stimulate blood circulation through the entire body, some of them are specially designed to reduce tension and prevent you from stress.

Suryanamaskar

Trikonasana

Yoga mudra

Pawanmuktasana

Bhujangasana

Ushtrasana

Sarvanghasana

Halasana

Yoga For Beauty: Pranayama

Pranayam practice provides us oxygen which is transported to our cells across the body through our blood. Practice pranayama at least for 30 minutes early in the morning in an open area or a green lawn.

Rhythmic deep breathing

Alom Vilom

Kapalabhati

Bhastrika
Bhramri

Stress Reduction For Beauty

Deep breathing in shavasana after the yoga practice provides complete relaxation. Try yoga nidra after your yoga practice or before sleeping.

Meditation For Beauty

Practice meditation for 5 to 10 minutes and gradually increase the time. If you know no other mediatation, practice om recitation by closing your eyes and concentrating on area between your eyebrows. Meditation will cool your nerves, improve your concentration and confidence.

Yoga For Beauty And Diet

Eat a healthy and nutritious diet. Eat sattvik food as per yoga diet philosophy. Include plenty of fresh dark green leafy vegetables, fresh fruits, milk, sprouts,nuts, whole grain cereals etc to your food. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables in raw form or enjoy fresh vegetable/fruit juices. Vegetable juices are a low calorie storehouse of nutrients. Eat a balanced diet and include handful of nuts. Avoid tea, coffee, alcohol and aerated drinks. Try to eat freshly cooked food as far as possible. Stop intake of processed and junk food. Here are some more tips on diet for beauty.

Yogic Tips For Glowing Skin

• Make water as your favourite drink. Drink plenty of water as it hydrates the skin and helps to remove toxins. It also helps to promote smooth bowel movements.
• Be cheerful at all times. There is nothing better than laughter yoga in this regard.
• Practice detachment and avoid excesses of food, drinks or emotions. Eat for nutrition and not for taste buds.
• Follow an active and healthy lifestyle.
• Clean and exfoliate your skin regularly. Use an effective moisturiser.
• Get your body massaged periodically. Oil massage improves blood circulation and improves the health of the skin.
• Avoid over exposure to sun. Do remember to apply your sun screen lotion.
• An eight-hours sound sleep will help your body to replenish, regenerate and rejuvenate itself. Take rest at the end of the day. Do not skip sound sleep, as a restless mind often affects the overall health.

Can Yoga Make You Beatiful?

Effectiveness of yoga for beauty also depends on frequent and regular practice. Devoting about half an hour daily to yoga, can help you improve your natural beauty. 

Learning all the yoga asanas or poses from a qualified teacher will be safe and beneficial. 

I have seen poor girls in Indian villages who are too beautiful. They do not have access to good nutrition, any gym or a yoga class. They are happy people who earn and work and with loving families and use mustard oil or coconut oil from cooking to massage and as a hair oil. Beauty is gift of god. However, you can try yoga for beauty to improve or preserve what god has given you.

  

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Yoga Poses for better health

  

Has your love life gone from sizzle to fizzle? You don’t have to memorize the Kama Sutra to spice things up between the sheets. In fact, it’s the positions you assume outside the bedroom that could really heat things up. According to research in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, sexually dissatisfied women who took up yoga and practiced mindfulness techniques reported higher levels of arousal and desire, and better orgasms. To reap similar benefits, perform the 10 poses below at least three times a week, spending a minute or so in each position. If this is your first time practicing yoga, don’t worry; we’ve linked each pose to a video tutorial so you can learn them at your own pace.

Wide-Legged Straddle Pose (Upavistha Konasana)

“This move is good for low libido,” says yoga instructor Kate Hanley, author of The Anywhere, Anytime Chill Guide. “It improves blood flow to the pelvic area, and where the blood goes, so do energy and vitality.” Research shows that below-the-belt circulation is directly linked to arousal. The more blood coursing through your veins, the higher your “state of enlightenment.” See the move here. Photo: Shutterstock

Shoulder Stand (Salamba Sarvangasana)

Sagging skin isn’t the only effect of the Earth’s downward pull. The lower half of your body is more likely to suffer from sluggish circulation because the blood returning to your heart faces an uphill climb. Beat gravity at its own game by flipping upside-down. According to Hanley, this pose works on many woes that can plague a healthy sex life. “It relieves fatigue, calms the mind, lessens symptoms of depression and anxiety, and eases digestive problems,” she says. See the move here. Photo: Shutterstock

Child’s Pose (Balasana)

“Many women are so in their head that they can’t get into their body,” says Ellen Barrett, yoga instructor and author of Sexy Yoga. When your mind gets in the way of a good romp in the hay, try this pose to help you focus and relax. “Everything that helps you to be in the moment is going to help you be more sensual,” she explains. Child’s pose is very soothing and can really tune the mind to the body. See the move here. Photo: Shutterstock

Lizard Pose (Utthan Pristhasana)

“Lizard is a great way to ease the hips open and calm the mind,” says Tara Stiles, yoga instructor and author of Slim Calm Sexy Yoga. Take long, deep breaths while resting in this position. “When your attention is focused on your breath instead of your thoughts, you are brought right into the moment, which helps for all sort of things, including time in between the sheets.” See the move here. Photo: Shutterstock

Goddess Pose (Supta Baddha Konasana)

According to Hanley, this pose can help alleviate PMS and menopause––both of which can make you feel as sexy as a sack of potatoes––and it promotes healthy function of the reproductive organs. “Plus, it teaches you how to get comfortable with being vulnerable, which true, mind-blowing intimacy requires,” adds Hanley. See the move here. Photo: Shutterstock

Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana)

“Pigeon is the best way to release deep tension in the hips and put the mind in total chill mode,” says Stiles. Whereas men tend to store tension in their shoulders, women tend to hold it in their hips. So this pose can help relieve tightness and restore flexibility. Relax into the position and hold for 10 long, deep breaths, advises Stiles. See the move here. Photo: iStockphoto

Downward Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

“Downward dog calms the mind and invigorates the body, both important ingredients in good sex,” says Hanley. “You can almost feel the tension sliding off your back when you do this pose. Plus, you've got your butt up in the air, which is about as ‘come hither’ as it gets!” See the move here. Photo: iStockphoto

Eagle Pose (Garudasana)

This move is so sexy, it’s even in the Kama Sutra. In this pose, you wrap one leg around the other like a rope. This, says Barrett, has a tourniquet effect. When you release, all the blood rushes through the cervix, which primes the whole area for some TLC. Don’t be intimidated by this move, she says; it’s not as challenging as it looks. Photo: Shutterstock

Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana)

Exercises that strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, like Kegels, were invented to help treat urinary incontinence, but it was discovered that they had other benefits as well. Namely, they tone the vagina and improve orgasms. According to Barrett, holding the bridge pose is similar to doing a Kegel, because you squeeze those same pelvic muscles. Photo: Shutterstock

Plow Pose (Halasana)

Even though stress can make sex seem as appealing as a root canal, it may be just what the doctor ordered; pleasurable activities like sex alleviate stress by blocking anxiety responses in the brain. Still, if you can’t seem to muster the energy, plow pose can help you rejuvenate, says Barrett. “In this position, blood flows to the brain to wake you up. Plus, with your legs draped over your head, you’re looking straight at your hips and connecting to that area visually, which can be a powerful aphrodisiac,” she explains. See the move here. Photo: iStockphoto