Stress activates the mechanism for battle or flight..this is what unites us with the first people who inhabited the earth ..
In today's world, however, what worries us is .., e.g. organization of time based on workload, a serious discussion something else that we consider important. The person does not release, in any case, the activated tension physically. The tension remains imprisoned internally and creates problems called psychosomatic.
We feel migraines, nausea, tremor, sweating, tachycardia, ulcer etc.
And in what serious crises do "anxiety attacks" and "panic attacks" occur?
An anxiety attack is a prolonged period of stress and is not officially a clinical definition.
While when a panic attack occurs a person may feel intense discomfort, tachycardia, dizziness and a tightness in the stomach. One feels that he will faint, that he is agitated and that he is numb, especially in the area of the limbs. Destructive thoughts and intense fear prevail as he believes that he is seriously ill, that he will be stopped, that he will die or that he will go crazy. The duration of the symptoms is from five to fifteen minutes and as an experience it can be repeated in the future more than once.
Seizures usually occur in periods of calm after long periods of stress as well as in important periods of life which are called transient.
On the physical side of Yoga, the person learns to relax effectively and breathe better.
The body has the opportunity to release tension in a gentle way, aligning the body through the asana and changing a person's posture can allow him to release emotion and see the world in a different way as the person exercising learns to distinguish the dysfunctional way of thinking and replace it with a more realistic one. Holding the body in a certain way can provoke or stress emotions or thoughts.
Through Pranayama, in breathing control we can control or even avoid another crisis.
People who are anxious have shallow breathing, ie their breath is high in the chest and they usually feel that they can not take a deep full breath and activate the diaphragm.
Which when it comes down during full breathing leaves room for the lungs to fill with pure oxygen.
"Some studies (Mc Call, 2007) have shown that yoga breathing is an effective way to combat stress. Learning pranayama techniques to control the flow of breath, such as Nadi Shodana (nasal breathing change) can be extremely beneficial as it slows down breathing and balances the two hemispheres of the brain. In Deergha Swasam (triple breathing), students are taught to breathe slowly and deeply while envisioning filling their lungs from the bottom up - first by extending the abdomen, then the middle lateral cage and finally the upper chest (Cummins, 2012). During exhalation, students envision the breath emptying upside down, from top to bottom, pulling the abdomen slightly at the end to completely empty the lungs.
Breathing is a bridge between mind and body. Slow diaphragmatic breathing is common to almost all forms of yoga. The key to peace of mind, then, is to slow down and deepen your breathing. ”
A sequence of asana that focuses entirely on the union of breathing with movement will bring a meditative state where all thoughts will be absent and we will enjoy a completely relaxed state.
Good practice
