Understand the scientific side of yoga Experience the greatest benefits your yoga practice has to offer. The Physiology of Yoga features science-based information about how the body responds and adapts to a yoga practice within each system of the body. Straightforward explanations guide you in sorting through conflicting information about what yoga really can help you to achieve. Get practical information in Try It Yourself sidebars, which focus on stretching, meditation, and breathing. Use the 14 Myth or Fact sidebars to assess popular claims about yoga, such as whether a shoulder stand can stimulate the thyroid. Then experience firsthand how yoga affects your own physiology with specific yoga poses and four sequences that highlight physiological principles. The science of stretching and flexibility FIGURE 1.7 (a) Active ROM, mostly limited by the strength of the hip flexors, in Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana. (b) Passive ROM, mostly limited by the stretch tolerance of the hamstrings, in Supta Padangusthasana. Anatomy of Ujjayi FIGURE 3.8 The vocal folds and the glottis while relaxed and open, phonating (speaking), and whispering, or ujjayi breathing. Myth or Fact? Heavy Sweating During Hot Yoga Detoxes the Body Detoxification is the physiological processes through which the body identifies, neutralizes, and eliminates toxic substances and metabolic byproducts. Sweat glands are often perceived to play an important excretory function, similar to that of the kidneys. However, in a comprehensive review, Baker (2019) concluded that the role of the sweat glands in eliminating waste products and toxicants from the body seems to be minor compared with other avenues of breakdown (liver) and excretion (kidneys and gastrointestinal tract). ... Nevertheless, studies have shown that perspiration plays a role in skin hydration and microbial defense (Schröder and Harder 2006; Watabe et al. 2013). So, it appears that heavy sweating in a hot yoga class or in a sauna might not help us to relinquish all those perceived toxins after all. However, practicing yoga as part of a healthy lifestyle will allow our kidneys, liver, and gastrointestinal tracts to continue to work optimally.
✔ Author(s): Andrew McGonigle,Matthew Huy,Jules Mitchell
✔ Title: The Physiology of Yoga
✔ Rating : 4.5 out of 5 base on (51 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1492599832
✔ ISBN-13: 9781492599838
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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