A mat session does more than improve your body. Behold the bonus benefits of practicing yoga
A hotter sex life!
For a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, women's sexual function was measured after participation in a 12-week yoga program. The aspect that improved most for women under 45 was the quality of their orgasms.
Glowing skin!
Stress can make many skin problems worse, from acne to warts. And a Cornell University study showed that when a person is under stress, her skin takes longer than usual to repair itself. As a proven stress reliever, yoga can help skin heal faster and stay clear.
Better sleep!
After patients with sleep problems did yoga and meditation during the day, the quality of their sleep improved that night, according to a study reported in Medical Science Monitor.
Smarter food choices!
Who wouldn't want to crank up the volume of internal voices that tend to opt for fruit over french fries? Spending time on a yoga mat is associated with weight control, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Dietetic Assocciation. Researchers attribute the connection to mindful eating.
More feel-good moods!
By measuring a chemical in the brain associated with well-being, scientists at Boston University School of Medicine and McLean Hospital were able to see that people who did yoga for 30 minutes had 27 percent more of that chemical (GABA) in their brains than those in the study who read a book for half an hour.
A hotter sex life!
For a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, women's sexual function was measured after participation in a 12-week yoga program. The aspect that improved most for women under 45 was the quality of their orgasms.
