Yoga is a wonder practice that eliminates unhappiness from the lives of people who practice yoga regularly. It makes our body strong, mind strong, and makes us emotionally stable. It has such a “feel-good” affect on people that they forget all the worldly tensions and stress while its practice. Another major problem that men and women suffer from today is the hormonal imbalance that makes their life full of miseries. Many people resort to pills for eliminating hormonal disturbance, but those pills come with a fair share of side effects. On the other hand, there is yoga, which is amazingly good for our hormonal health. Click through to find out how yoga affects our hormonal health:
Enhance the GABA level in body
People who practice yoga regularly find themselves in a good mood and anxiety hardly affects them, which in contrast to people who do not practice yoga. Non-practitioners tend to have bad mood, are more prone to anxiety and depression. GABA (gamma-amino butyric acid) controls the level of anxiety and depression in a person. A person who has low level of GABA is more prone to depression than the one who has a good level of GABA. Yoga practice increases the level of GABA in a body.
Boosts libido
Yoga improves sexual performance, as it ups the libido. Yoga poses brings in flexibility, and relaxation in the muscles. Many couples face sexual problems, and massive amount of stress and depression in people’s life is one of the major reasons behind the sexual troubles. Stress reduces the amount of libido in a body that hampers the sexual performance. Doing yoga releases stress, libido is produces, and eventually the sexual performance increases.
Yoga maintains a hormonal balance
Yoga is not good for just one hormone but for every hormone that a human body produces. It creates a hormonal balance in the body and eliminate imbalance, which is responsible for many troubles like bad skin, disrupted sleep, eating disorder, weight gain and loss, and many more.
Powers the master gland
The master gland in our body is the pituitary gland. It is called the master gland, as it produces hormones that are essential for the stimulation of other endocrine glands. Yoga practice makes the pituitary gland strong so that it secretes the correct amount of growth hormones that are of vital importance for thyroid and the adrenal gland.
Raise the Estrogen level
Sufficient level of Estrogen is of vital importance in a female body, a hormone that regulates the menstrual cycle, makes pregnancy possible, and the nature of sexuality and the physical appearance of a female depend upon this hormone. Even a mild imbalance in this hormone can cause more facial hair, bone loss, wrinkles at an early age, hair-thinning, depression in females. Yoga practice helps the body to secrete the correct level of estrogen in the body.
Helps fight fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a pain disorder in the muscles and soft tissues in women. The adrenal gland secretes cortisol that is a steroid hormone, which keeps such pains at bay. Women who have a lower level of cortisol develop fibromyalgia, which is very painful. Yoga, especially the hatha yoga increases the level of cortisol in women and save them from this painful disorder.
Mitigate the side effects of menopause
Menopause brings quite a tough phase in the lives of some women, as it causes hormonal imbalance. This hormonal imbalance brings troubles like weight gain, skin problems, memory loss, mood swings, disrupted sleep, and reduction in sex drive in women. If such women practice yoga regularly, they can experience a considerable relief in all these negative symptoms.
