How Does Yoga Therapy Increase Quality of Life?

Yoga therapy is an emerging field of practices that utilises the diverse techniques of yoga to address mental and physical problems, while integrating body and mind. Yoga therapy can be done one-on-one or in group sessions with people experiencing similar challenges. However, our work here at Yoga4Courage in Brønshøj primarily focuses on helping individuals in one-on-one sessions.
Yoga adapts the practices of yoga to the needs of people with specific or persistent health problems – either physical or mental in nature. Frequently, the students in yoga therapy programs need one-on-one attention. Yoga therapy can serve as a transition between individually guided sessions to participating in group sessions. People can benefit more quickly from a yoga program that is designed for their specific needs. Yoga therapy is the practical application of yoga principles for people with special physical, emotional, or spiritual needs or challenges which all can be provided by our skilled teacher Hrönn at yoga4courage who also has a clinical background from nursing.

Yoga, in general, can help people both physically and mentally because once a person is free of stress and the mind is focused and calm, the body can begin to heal itself. Any practice of yoga encourages health by reducing stress, enhancing concentration, increasing proprioception (body awareness) stretching and strengthening muscles, increasing feelings of comfort, and bringing things back into balance. Yoga cure therapy focuses on a specific area of need and creates a yoga program that will meet that specific health need. 

Yoga therapists prescribe specific regimens of postures, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques to suit individual needs. Medical research has shown that yoga therapy is among the most effective complementary therapies for several common ailments. Practicing yoga with Hrönn at yoga4courage can help people heal in the following ways: 

• Improves proprioception
• Reduces pain
• Strengthens muscles & bones
• Improves balance 
• Improves immune function 
• Improves posture 
• Improves lung function 
• Improves joint health 
• Improves function of the feet 
• Increases control of bodily functions 
• Promotes weight loss 
• Relaxes the nervous system 
• Improves function of the nervous system 
• Improves brain function 
• Lowers the levels of the stress hormone cortisol 
• Lowers blood sugar 

 
How Yogaforløb Helps Different Parts of the Body

Yoga can be helpful for back pain because you are able to gently stretch and strengthen the muscles in those areas without worsening any existing pain. Yoga can help balance the strength and flexibility of the muscles on either side of the body, which often are uneven from long-term unequal use and can be the cause of chronic back pain. Yoga also works to correct improper movement patterns that may be causing pain. 

The arms, legs, and chest all attach to the spine via the shoulder girdle, pelvis, and ribs. The weight of the head is attached on the top of the. Therefore, the spine affects and is affected by every movement the body makes. For example, if your head is not properly balanced, the natural curve of the neck becomes distorted. If the arms and legs don't have a full range of motion, the spine must compensate by extra twisting and bending. Many people with back or neck pain suffer from imbalances of the flexors, extensors, and rotators of the spine, arms, and legs. An intelligent yoga program can bring these muscle groups back into balance. 

According to a recent study, yoga may be more effective for the treatment of low back pain than traditional exercise. The study participants either took yoga classes, attended therapeutic exercise classes, or practiced therapeutic back exercises from a book. At the end of 26 weeks, those who attended the yoga classes experienced the most improvement in back function and were most likely to have reduced their pain medication, and these benefits persisted for at least several months. 
However, not all yoga will help with back pain. If you try a very vigorous yoga practice while having back pain and fail to listen to the signals from your body, back pain could actually get worse. It's important to take it slow, listen to signals from your body, and practice yoga exercises that are appropriate for helping back pain. 

There are a number of reasons that yoga is an effective way to relieve back pain and improve the overall health of your back.  

1) Yoga helps increase strength in very specific muscle groups and works to strengthen all major muscle groups that support the spine.  
2) The stretching postures in yoga increase blood flow to the tissues that support the spine, improving the health of the intervertebral discs and muscles along the spine.  
3) Yoga increases mobility in your shoulders and hips, which decreases demands on your back, and yoga increases the flexibility of the muscles in your back and along your spine, allowing your spine to rotate properly.  
4) Yoga's focus on breathing and connecting breath with movement improves body awareness, making you more conscious of movements that may contribute to back pain.  
5) The "spine lengthening" poses in yoga promote good posture and proper alignment of the vertebrae. When the spine lengthens, it naturally moves towards correct alignment. Having proper posture ensures that you are not placing undue stress on your back. 
 
The idea of private yoga instruction has been around for centuries, as gurus and their students studied closely together to pass along traditions and lineages of the yoga practice we have today. 
Although these days, most people may only know a yoga practice from the crowded classes they attend at their local studio or gym – leaving little time for personal instruction for the student. 
The fact is that a private yoga class can improve the practice of any level of student, from the first-time beginner to the advanced student – all it takes is finding the right teacher with the right skills to develop the right practice. 

What are the benefits of private yogaforløb sessions? 

Working privately with an experienced yoga teacher like Hrönn at yoga4courage, gives you an opportunity to have individualised guidance and a specially designed practice that focuses on exactly what you need to work through the health challenge at hand. Furthermore, you’ll be equipped with a toolkit of practices that you can continue to work with at home, ensuring that your mind and body have the most optimal support for continued wellbeing and high quality of life.

Beginner's benefits

Beginners often seek out private yoga classes to get them started so that they can confidently attend group classes, knowing a bit more about what to expect. With a private teacher, beginners also might learn some of the limitations or misalignments their bodies may have and how modifications or props can help thus they join private yogaforløb lessons at yoga4courage for outstanding results.