These are some amazing facts about yoga, which make you fall in love with yoga forever. This content is also published at http://healthluv.com/yoga-health-benefits/

1. 21 Reasons to Practice Yoga
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2. 1. Yoga boosts brain power
There are various studies suggest that
doing yoga regularly improves IQ level,
memory, and reaction time. Yoga helps
you to control your thoughts which
ultimately
results
in
improved
concentration level, and you can solve any
problem in less time.

3. 2. Yoga controls blood sugar
Yoga helps to control blood sugar by
decreasing bad cholesterol LDL (Lowdensity lipoprotein) and increasing good
cholesterol HDL (High-density lipoprotein),
and by encouraging weight loss. People
with low blood sugar can avoid the
chances of blindness, kidney failure, and
heart attack.

4. 3. Yoga builds strength
Yoga is a nice way to attain stronger
muscles and improve your physical look. If
you’ve strong muscles, you can easily
avoid a number of pains and aches. The
main benefit of yoga over gym is you get
both strength and flexibility. But in the gym
you could lose your flexibility.

5. 4. Yoga for lungs
This is another benefit of yoga. It improves
the lung function, by improving the
maximum volume of the breath and the
effectiveness of the exhalation. Yoga also
encourages breathing through the nose,
which filters the air, humidifies it, warms it,
and removes the dirt before reaching to
the lungs.

6. 5. Yoga for posture
Yoga improves your posture. By spending
your time in learning crucial yoga posture,
you actually help your body to stay in right
posture all the time. We all spend huge time
in our daily work activities and if our sitting
and standing posture is not correct, then our
bodies feel very much tired and fatigue. This
can also cause neck, back and other muscle
pain. But having the right posture all the time,
we can easily get rid of such tiredness and
pains.

7. 6. Yoga improves heart rate
There are few yoga practices which boost
your heart rate and as a result you get
relieved from depression and lower the
risk of heart attack. It also increases the
uptake of oxygen during exercise.

8. 7. Yoga prevents joint problem
During yoga practicing, you generally
stretch all of your body joints and help to
stay active. This way you can avoid
arthritis problem, by using joint cartilage
which generally used quite less.

9. 8. Yoga for strong bones
Are you aware that lifting weight helps
your bones to get stronger, that’s why
there are various yoga positions that
requires you to lift your own weight. So by
practicing those yoga positions, you’re
actually strengthening your own bones.

10. 9. Yoga improves blood circulation
Yoga improves the blood circulation in
your body, and helps getting more oxygen
to your cells. Yoga also improves the
hemoglobin and red blood cells (RBC) in
the blood which works to transport oxygen
to various tissues. Yoga also decreases
the chances of heart attack and strokes,
by reducing the chances of blood clots.
Blood clots generally cause strokes and
heart attacks.

11. 10. Yoga controls cortisol level
When cortisol levels stay high for a longer
period, it can negatively affect the immune
system and may cause permanent changes in
the brain. Higher Cortisol may lead to
depression, osteoporosis and makes you eat
more whenever you’re angry, stressed, or upset.
As a result your body starts getting extra calories
or fat which causes weight gain and increases
the risk of heart attack and diabetes. But the
good news is you can control cortisol with
regular yoga practicing.

12. 11. Yoga for self-esteem
Many people suffers from low self-esteem,
and generally considers taking various
drugs but it ultimately causes a bad impact
on the body. But if you do meditation
regularly, it’ll help you to improve your self
confidence. However, meditation is not as
easy as it looks but certainly not
impossible. You need to keep practicing
continuously as it has various benefits.

13. 12. Yoga for lymphatic system
When you’re regularly involved in Yoga
and practice various poses, stretches or
exercises. This actually improves your
lymphatic system and become stronger to
fight against infections, cancerous cells,
and clean toxic wastes of cellular
functioning.

14. 13. Yoga controls blood pressure
If you’re suffering from high blood pressure
or hypertension, then you could be
benefited with Yoga. Savasana (Corpse
Pose) yoga poses can help you to control
your blood pressure. This has been
proved by the studies published in British
medical journal The Lancet.

15. 14. Yoga for weight loss
Yoga also helps you to lose weight;
Regular yoga practices burn body calories.
Yoga also makes you sensitive to choose
the right kind of food and time to eat, this
way you can avoid extra intakes of
calories. Hence, you’ll get slim and active
body.

16. 15. Yoga for pregnancy
Yoga helps to build strength and stamina
in expecting mother by deep breathing
practice. This is a great way to get
prepared for labor. Labor sometimes
becomes a really tough task to perform
and by actively participating in yoga you
can do the proper practice of labor.

17. 16. Yoga improves nervous system
Yoga helps to improve your nervous
system, as it slows your breath, encourage
you to relax. Yoga also lowers heart rates,
decreases blood pressure and increases
the blood flow to the intestines and
reproductive organs. This all is the result
of relaxation of your body which derived
from Yoga.

18. 17. Yoga enhances flexibility
I guess you all would aware of this fact
that yoga enhances flexibility of your body.
There are a number of yoga stretches
which make your body fully flexible. I know
you can’t do all of these exercises
(stretches) perfectly from day one, but
slowly you’ll be able to do it all. It only
requires your continuous efforts and
dedication.

19. 18. Yoga improves sleep
Sleep is really essential for keeping our
bodies active and healthy. So if you’re not
able to take proper at night, then yoga can
help you to resolve this problem. If you
practice yoga regularly then it’ll improve
your sleep pattern and hence you’ll feel
less tired and more active.

20. 19. Yoga for constipation
Yoga eases constipation, as the moving
body improves the transport of food and
waste material through the bowels.

21. 20. Yoga boosts relationships
Apart from having numerous health
benefits, yoga also helps to improve you
emotionally. It develops and improves
friendliness, compassion, and higher
equanimity. If you have these qualities
then you can build strong and reliable
relations with other people.

22. 21. Yoga for spinal disc
It’s really essential for any fit, active and
healthy body. It helps to do our various
daily life activities. And by practicing good
asana or postures, you can keep your
spinal disc strong and flexible.

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