Power Yoga

Overview:

• Power yoga increases flexibility, strength, and stamina:

This ultimately helps reduce the risk of injury during other physical activities.

• Power yoga eliminates toxins:

Through sweat and enhances your immune system performance- even more so than “regular” Hatha yoga. When you do power yoga, you increase the drainage of “lymph”- a viscous fluid rich in immune cells. This helps the lymphatic system fight infections, destroy cancerous cells, and dispose of bodily toxins.

• All types of yoga improves posture and reduces back pain:

A study in Spine revealed that sufferers of back pain who did yoga twice a week for six months eased soreness by 56%. Compare this to those given treatments such as pain medications and physical therapy, who reported a decrease in pain by only 16%.

• Power yoga provides an alternative method for strengthening your bones: 

Traditional weight-bearing exercises strengthens bones and wards off osteoporosis. Power yoga also does this- sans weight-lifting.

• Power yoga increases blood flow:

Yoga thins the blood by making platelets less sticky and reducing the level of clot-promoting proteins. Why is this important? Thinner blood can lead to a decrease in heart attacks and strokes, since blood clots are often the cause of these killers.

• Power yoga improves your mood: 

GABA is a brain chemical in which low levels are linked to depression. Practicing power yoga increases levels of the brain chemical GABA by 27%, compared with a group who read quietly.

• Power Yoga also improves self-image and confidence: 

One study found that women who did power yoga regularly rated their body satisfaction 20% higher than did those who took aerobics, even though both groups were at a healthy weight.

• Power Yoga helps you stress less: 

Women practice yoga at least once a week for two years released 41% less of Cytokine, a tension-triggered type of protein that can make you feel tired and moody.