Yoga Practice To Kick Smoking Habit

The National Institute for Health shows a growing body of Tresearch which suggests that yoga postures, yoga breathing, and meditation can help quit smoking habit.

Smoking dependency can be replaced with regular yoga and meditation practice. Yoga contains a number of components that contribute to stress reduction including asanas. Various yoga postures have been shown to improve mood and well-being and pranayama, breathing exercises that involve regulation of breath.

Together, these components of yoga work to still the mind and focus the attention of the practitioner, regulating the agitated onrush of thoughts and anxieties and producing physiological and cognitive relaxation.

Below are few yoga practices along with their benefits to overcome Smoking

Kapal Bhati Pranayama (Skull shining breathing technique)

-Improves blood circulation.

-Energizes the nervous system.

-Rejuvenates the brain cells and calms the mind.