March 8 is International Women’s Day, a day of women’s achievement, a day that recognizes women who inspire others. In every house, every woman is an inspiration to others.
If the woman of the house is healthy she takes care of the family. Women’s health is not just about physical fitness, but mental health, patience, tolerance, resilience, wisdom to balance everything. She thinks about the future and takes a clear decision. It is believed that behind every successful man there is a woman.
The legacy of worshiping women as equals to God is spiritual thought and practice. Women have been likened to Lakshmi as a complement to the prosperity of the home. The home prospers when women have physical fitness, mental resilience, and spiritual empathy.
Yoga for Working Women:
Women are homemakers and they play the role of top executives efficiently too. These women are under stress. due to the imbalance in handling the responsibility of the family, maintening of work and her own health. This is what Yoga Karmasu Kaushalam says.
In India Yoga, practiced by all, irrespective of caste, creed, gender, is now universally acclaimed. This emphasizes the depth and awareness of yoga worldwide. It is noteworthy that there are many women saints since ancient India.
Yoga texts refer to the “yoginis” as achievers. The benefits of yoga for women have been reviewed in several classical texts. The relevance of yoga from pregnancy to the last day of life is described in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika Yoga Book.
Modern science describes the benefits of yoga during pregnancy and the need for yoga until death. For example, Yoga Nidra posture is designed to resemble a baby’s position in the mother’s womb.
Yoga Sadhana for Women: Yoga is a lifestyle. The body becomes a tool for all achievement. Yogasanas, Bandhas, Mudras are helpful in maintaining physical health. Pranayama can be used effectively to have mental stability. The practice of meditation as a spiritual experience provides consciousness the help in the acceptance of all as equals.
Yoga for Beauty Consciousness: Women are beauty lovers who want to devote some time in the day to maintain their beauty. Yoga can be a tool for such aesthetic consciousness. There are two kinds of beauty. inner beauty has the qualities of patience, compassion, affection, love, etc., beauty is also external such as physique, facial brightness, etc. Regular sun salutations (Soorya namaskar), when practiced regularly, strengthen body muscles, and aesthetic consciousness can be maintained. With the implementation of regular yoga, women can balance corporate and personal lives efficiently due to good health.
Yoga Relieves Anxiety increases mental health:
Everyone desires mental peace. Mental health problems may arise during menstruation, during pregnancy, or during family conflict. Yoga Relieves for Anxiety increase mental health.
How Yoga Benefits Pregnant Women:
Yoga for pregnant women helps to maintain the mother and child’s health. Common problems in pregnancy include vomiting, digestive problems, back pain, diabetes, hypertension, and depression. Such problems can be very detrimental to a child’s health. Simply selected asanas of yoga, pranayama, and meditation practice can be beneficial for pregnant women and help in child development.
One of the biggest problems for women after childbirth is weight gain and stretch marks around the abdomen. Yoga can solve both of these problems. the implementation of Ashtanga Yoga creates positive qualities in the child.
Menopause is another problem haunting women. It arrives in women over 50 years of age, with body temperature changes, along with chills, headaches, weight gain, sluggish digestion, and mental anguish. A regular diet is an effective treatment for these symptoms.
Anemia, overweight, high blood pressure, menstrual problems, uterine fibroids “PCOD” can lead to various types of cancers, polycystic ovarian disease common ailments, forcing one to take medication throughout life. Selective yogasanas can beneficial as a natural solution to such health problems.
Kapalabati, svastikasana, vajrasana pashchimottanasana, trikonasana, virabhadrasana pavanamuktasana, dhanurasana, janusirsasana, bhadrasana, baddhakonasana, upavisthakonasana, kurmasana usthasana, upanapadakonasana, sarvangasana, mattsasana, halasana, karnapidasana, uttana vedasana, savasana, ujjayi pranayama, Anuloma -Viloma pranayama, illusionary pranayama, and yoga nidra meditation are some of the most beneficial asanas for women.
The yoga profession is one of the most sought-after jobs in today’s world. It is noteworthy that today the women are engaged in the study of Yoga Science as Yoga Teacher, Yoga Trainer, Yoga Therapist, Yoga Lecturer, and Yoga Researcher. Starting a yoga training center could be a good move for a satisfactory yoga career.
Authors: Kushalappa Gowda n.
Therapeutic Yoga Researcher
Yenapoya Research Center
(University of Yenapoya Consideration)
Yoga therapist, invention yoga, Mangalore.
9845588740
Email Id:- kushalappagowda@yenepoya.edu.
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