By Dr. Shobha Gupta
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| BPositive Magazine |
June 1st is celebrated as international Yoga Day worldwide. Studies have shown that yoga can help reduce stress, which can affect fertility. Also there are some specific poses that can help promoting baby-making by increasing blood flow to your pelvis, stimulating hormone-producing glands, and releasing muscle tension.
Try yoga workout to relax, better align your pelvis and increase blood flow. All factors that may help promote quicker conception.
Yoga is beneficial in many other ways too. One of the lifestyle problems is stress which further produces many diseases such as obesity, infertility, heart problems, it also disturbs your digestive system and many more. There is a strong link between stress and digestion. Stress has the ability to interfere with your digestive system and your digestive process. You may have heard of a
little hormone called cortisol. We all need cortisol in our life, but this also happens to be the hormone that’s released when we’re stressed out. The trouble is that excess cortisol remains in the body if you’re under chronic stress and it contributes to excess belly fat. That’s because cortisol promotes the storage of belly fat to help you survive. When you’re stressed, your body doesn’t know the difference between a deadline at work or being chased by a bear. So it reacts the same way in either situation. To boost metabolism you must RELAX and stop producing so much cortisol. Try Yoga meditation to help in reducing stress. Yoga is a great stress buster.
It is very mandatory to practice yoga especially for women. It is indeed a modern day trend which is actually very helpful in boosting your immunity as well as fertility. Now days you can practice yoga anytime even at your home, no need to take out extra time from your hectic schedule to go to gym or anywhere else. It is simple and easy to perform. Yoga exercises, meditation and breath-control exercises makes the mind state calm and reduces anxiety. By performing fertility yoga, you are strengthening your reproductive organs and muscles that are used during pregnancy and childbirth. Their deep-breathing technique promotes increased blood circulation, reduces stress and gives you easier relaxation.