10 Benefits of Yoga
Yoga Benefit #2: Improves Heart Health
Practicing yoga helps to relax the body including the respiratory and circulatory systems. At the same time, it helps the body to get large volumes of air due to deep breathing. This means that more oxygen is available for the production of energy to power the body’s functions. Because the heart pumps blood to transport oxygen; with more oxygen in the bloodstream, cells, tissues, and organs, including the heart, can function more efficiently.
Consequently, the heart doesn’t have to beat too fast to achieve adequate supply of oxygen in the body. Studies of people aged 40 years and above whose practice of yoga had gone on for five years found that the participants had a relatively lower heartbeat rate and blood pressure than their peers who didn’t practice yoga.
