Benefits of Yoga for Rainy Season

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With monsoon comes the great weather and amazing raindrops to feel ecstatic over, but with the rains comes the heavy possibility of innumerable water borne diseases and infections. Precautionary measures are helpful when warding off diseases during the monsoon season and yoga has proven to be very effective in that aspect! Yoga in this matter has often been viewed as a very relaxed, less time consuming and one of the most flexible forms of exercises for the monsoons.

Simple Yoga exercises like the “Kapalbhati Pranayama”, “Nadi Shodhan Pranayama” and many more exercises and asanas have been known to help clearing the respiratory tract, improve resistance to diseases and also block sinuses.

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Following are a few of the reasons why Yoga is often opted for in the monsoon season, by most individuals, office going people and even children alike:

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   ·         Surya Namaskar is famous for boosting the immunity of an individual as it helps with activating the thymus gland and promoting better immunity.

  

·       Various Pranayamas are warming practices for the body, which prevent and control the congestion.

·       Warding off respiratory illnesses and aggravation of the pulmonary medical conditions is vital and Yoga exercises on a daily basis see to it that these conditions are controlled to promote a healthier life.

·       Most of the asanas practised during the monsoons are the ones that promote chest-opening and healthier breathing.

While most people choose to hit the gym and stick to rigorous routines and exercises, Yoga seems like a far better and calmer option to pursue. There is a way you can enjoy the monsoon, be in nature and exercise to relax, rejuvenate and revitalise- Yoga helps you do all of that! An everyday half hour. 

Yoga session can definitely provide your body the resistance that it needs to ward of monsoon diseases, various allergies and infections alike. Along with Yoga sessions and exercise routines, eating right is also very vital and if the season in question is the monsoon one then outside food is usually avoided best. Here is a list of a few do’s and don’ts when it comes to following a yoga routine and healthy diet, during the monsoons!

Do’s:

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  ·       Drink ample water and fresh fruit juices and vegetable juices.

 ·       Inculcate the habit of having healthier breakfasts and lighter mid day meals.

   ·       Detoxification of the liver and digestive aid is possible through consumption of amla.

  ·       Eat bitter vegetables like bitter gourd and induce fenugreek and neem in your everyday food to balance the pitta level in your body.

Don’ts:

·       Eat food items that consist of major amounts of acids, spice and salt.

·       Junk food and especially roadside stall food during the monsoon are a strict no!

With these healthy tips and some of the best Yoga routines and exercises, you might just be able to curb the monsoon disease spreads and stay hale and hearty; a healthy mind, body and soul is indeed a key to a happy life now, isn’t it?