Yoga and Ayurveda are keys to perfect skin and health
This international yoga day the most essential thing to remember is to reinforce the principles of Yoga & Ayurveda within our daily lives. Both are ancient practices rooted from our Vedas since time immortal.
It is important to note that the belief of both these practices is to lead a holistic life for the wellbeing of the body. While physical practices of yoga helps in achieving physical harmony, the practices of ayurveda are all about balancing the internal doshas, dietary and lifestyle changes that also impact the skin health.
How Yoga & Ayurveda are keys to perfect skin
Leading a life of stress and chaos, trying to strike balance between work / personal life is taking a toll on our wellbeing.
With this it becomes essential to set aside some time for self-care and reset your rhythm. A holistic approach that is an amalgamation of yoga and ayurveda enables in addressing your ailments and mental aspects of health as well. Not only your flexibility is enhanced, but you feel more at ease, your gut health improves, you have a better immunity and your skin is free of toxins.
Reducing stress requires practicing yoga moves that enables in inducing the feelings of peace.
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Mindfulness and meditation help in release of anxiety from the body.
When you are at ease, your nervous system relaxes, the skin health improves dramatically.
Balancing your bodily functions internally impacts the skin, leading to enhanced skin quality.
Benefits of Yoga & Ayurveda on skin health
Yoga and Ayurveda when these work in combination the body and mind come into perfect harmony with nature. While you might not be aware that even certain yoga poses offer benefit to the skin health, it is essential to pay attention that principles of ayurveda helps in achieving overall skin health.
Yoga helps balance your mind and provides clarity by balancing its three essential qualities, the mind therefore becomes calm. With a calm mind it is easy to achieve in optimum productivity.
Ayurveda helps in achieving balance between doshas through the use of certain cleansing and therapeutic practices. The products that are based on ayurveda therefore are more of treatment and therapeutic products.
Use of full body massage through the incorporation of ayurveda practices enhances muscular and skin quality.
With it your skin is nourished greatly and supplied by ample nutrients to keep it healthy.
Use of medicated oil therapy is more of a treatment that enables in achieving better mental health.
Using ayurveda based products for skincare and haircare containing herbal and floral extracts directly improves skin health and enhances the quality of the skin.
With all the above mentioned reasons, yoga and ayurveda are both important in achieving overall beauty that radiates from inside out with healthy body you will be able to have a healthy and youthful skin.
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