Did you know that yoga not only helps you relax and unwind, but that practicing yoga will boost your productivity?
We hear a lot about how yoga can help us relax and unwind but we don’t always hear about how yoga can help increase our energy and, by extension, our productivity.
Yoga Will Boost Your Productivity and Mental Health
It’s true that yoga helps us to reduce stress, unwind and calm down. Yoga also helps us to sleep better. But guess what? These same reasons are precisely what can help boost your productivity.
Let’s take a look at sleep. Like many of us, you may not be getting enough sleep. Combine reduced hours in bed coupled with trouble sleeping soundly, and you can bet your productivity will plummet!
With enough caffeine, any of us can feel like productivity superheroes, but the reality is, caffeine is only a temporary and unhealthy method of increasing your energy.
Researchers now believe that chronic lack of sleep can cause depression. And someone that’s suffering from depression is definitely not at their most productive best. But practicing yoga can eliminate sleep deprivation.
You may be dealing with a lot of stress. If you are chronically anxious, you will not be able to think clearly. Not to mention, chronic stress is equated with a host of health problems.
So, is it possible to boost your productivity with yoga? Yes. Here’s how.
Yoga and prefrontal stimulation
Yoga, especially yoga meditation, stimulates the prefrontal lobes of your brain. This is where higher thinking and critical decision-making occur. Having more grey matter (brain cells) in this important area of the brain is sure to help boost productivity. Moreover, this area of the brain is also where the “feel good” hormones, like dopamine, is released.
So, a brain on yoga is a happy brain! And a happy brain is a productive one.
10 Ways Practicing Yoga Will Boost Your Productivity
Practicing yoga isn’t complicated at all. During yoga, if you like the sound of silence that can calm your mind. Some people like to play a little faint tantric music or the sounds of the ocean. While some others like to enhance their yoga exercises by chanting a Mantra like “Om.”
Ideally, you decide how much time you want to spend doing yoga and you can try chanting a mantra and then alternate the next time to pure silence. By practicing yoga, here are ten aspects of your health that can greatly improve:
- Sleep
- Higher thinking
- Focus
- Immunity
- Energy
- Mood
- Stress levels
- Pain levels
- Depression
- Anxiety levels
Yoga can also act as an insurance plan. If you feel that you’re already doing well, yoga can help you stay prepared and on top of your game.
Imagine being healthy, well-rested, full of natural energy, focused, on task, and feeling happy. Do you think you might get more work done? You bet!
