A survey in Great Britain found that over 55% of people who practice yoga found that sleep induction is one of the benefits of yoga. Over 85% said thator yoga, by helping to reduce stress, helps you sleep better. Therefore, it is particularly useful for people who sleep badly, suffer from insomnia or have little time, due to frenetic rhythms, to sink into the arms of Morpheus. In a research from 2019, theefficacy of yoga and other mind-body therapies (such as meditation, tai chi and qigong) especially to combat insomnia and anxiety.
The bedtime yoga, then, it would also promote metabolism and have positive effects on weight control. Not to mention that it is to be considered an academic yearnatural alternative to pharmaceutical sleeping pills. In short, with the right positions you enter the right relaxation that causes a lowering of blood pressure and that allows our body to produce a smaller amount of cortisol, the stress hormone. You can help us with support objects such as pillows, blankets, mats to make the positions more comfortable and so that you can also stay in the pose longer while continuing to breathe.
We remember, in fact, that the breath is the key to perfect relaxation while practicing yoga. Suitable for sleeping yoga is the breathing technique known as Ocean Breath. You need to inhale deeply through your nose and then, with your mouth closed, exhale while squeezing the back of your throat as if you were saying “ah” but in silence.
Simona Tarabini, founder of the internationally certified yoga school BaliYoga.it (which, among other things, to celebrate the International Yoga Day, for the seventh consecutive year, organizes 108 greetings to the sun in the Triennale Garden in Milan on the morning of June 20 , a dynamic sequence of positions beneficial for the body and mind) suggests some positions to practice before going to sleep.
In the gallery we have collected and explained the benefits. Good night!
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