Do you practise yoga daily? Do you know it can significantly reduce blood pressure?
By amirev777
@amirev777 (4117)
India
January 3, 2019 2:17am CST
We all know about the health benefits of yoga, which has its origins in India. Now modern reserach shows that yoga may help in significant reduction of blood pressure in those suffering from border-line high blood pressure, also known as pre-hypertensives. Do you practise yoga? which are your favourite poses ( known as 'asana')?
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@fransmonlot (411)
• United States
3 Jan 19
Hello!
No, I don't practice yoga so I don't have a favorite pose. I like to do other fantastic exercises to help shape my perfectly imperfect body. Nonetheless, it is good to know that yoga helps with high blood pressure. Thanks for sharing the information about yoga. Have a great day.
@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@fransmonlot Could you please share more information about your exercise regime. It would be quite beneficial to me. I could integrate it with yoga.
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@fransmonlot (411)
• United States
4 Jan 19
@amirev777 Hello!
Sure I would love to. I do a lot of walking. Walking is not only good to help you to maintain your weight but it is also a good stress reliever. Since you like yoga the plank maybe up your speed as it helps you to keep your belly down. Additionally, I do regular arm exercises and sit-ups. I believe in voluntary and involuntary form of exercise. I hope that helps, and you're able to integrate it with your yoga. :)
@amirev777 (4117)
• India
4 Jan 19
@fransmonlot Thanks. Even I do lots of walking. My target is usually one and half to two hours a day, depending on how much free time I have on hands. i also try to to do weight training and resistance exercise like push-ups at least 3 times a week, besides 4-5 times a week of yoga and pranayama. Because of my work load, I am not able to exercise daily, but I make it a point that I do walking everyday without fail.
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@jstory07 Yes, that is healthy enough! They say you can walk yourself to good health!
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@Sreekala Yes, yoga is not meant to replace medicine one is taking for high blood pressure. It only complements the medicines.
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@Sreekala Yes, you are right. You should learn yoga only from a yoga expert. There are so many camps which are conducted in various cities where you can learn yoga for free.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
3 Jan 19
@amirev777 I read somewhere if a person has problem with High BP may get opposite result if practice yoga without the supervision of an expert.
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@responsiveme Yes, water is must to keep yourself hydrated.
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@responsiveme Even it is not possible for me to do yoga daily, but I try my best to do at least 10 Suryanamaskaar, Bhujangasana, sarvangasana and Pranayama atleast 3-4 days in a week. Besides I do lots of walking - at least one and half to two hours and try weight training at least 3 times in a week.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
3 Jan 19
@amirev777 that is good.we should check our bp.
Also.to drink.plenty of water
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.@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@Kasjnak I think 5 minutes is all it takes. But you need to learn it from an expert.
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@Kasjnak (4489)
• Romania
3 Jan 19
@amirev777 no such thing here. There are some people that teach yoga, but they are no experts, I can tell you that 
. Maybe I'll try my own techniques 
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. Maybe I'll try my own techniques .2 people like this
@Nickzter1331 (4229)
• Philippines
3 Jan 19
,,,i think i need to practise yoga now. Hehe..
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@Nickzter1331, Yes you can start with simple "Suryanamaskaar".
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@Nickzter1331 (4229)
• Philippines
4 Jan 19
@amirev777 now i need to search what that means.. hehe..
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
3 Jan 19
I do yoga in the morning it helps me to feel relaxed and enjoy the day 
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@m_audrey6788, Oh that's great. So which all yoga poses do you practise?
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@Icydoll Yes, it's a good idea! You could start with Suryanamaskaar in the beginning.
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
3 Jan 19
@Loyd12 Yes it has its benefits at both physical and spiritual level.
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@Fajibar (136)
• Philippines
3 Jan 19
Being a computer enthusiast & a meditation practitioner, I found an interesting similarity between the human body & computers. A computer's central processing unit (CPU) must be operated at its intended normal clock frequency operation for it to have a longer lifespan, although it can be calibrated to increase clock frequency to improve performance but is not advisable. For me, when a person is meditating, he/she is kind of calibrating his/her physical body to its normal operating level - breathing frequency, heartbeat frequency, metabolism, emotional stress level, etc., & that's just the tip of the iceberg because I just consider myself a beginner in meditation & I know that there is a lot more to it. So yeah I am glad to see a post like this =D
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