Yoga and Empowerment to Reduce Worrying and Stress Levels

Many people attend Yoga classes to stop worrying and eliminate stress. The truth is - we can reduce stress levels and worrying to manageable levels. When you consider the results of attending regular Yoga classes, in comparison to other methods for stress reduction, the Yogic path has done well over thousands of years.

Stress and worry exist, in everyone, to various degrees. If you talk to war veterans, they will readily admit feeling fear and courage at the same time. Courage made them take action in the face of fear. We may not be on a battlefield, but excessive worrying and chronic stress will kill us, as well as any weapon.

Therefore, look deep into the style of Yoga you practice and realize which methods give you empowerment to reduce worry. For example: Bhakti, Karma, Raja, and Jnana Yoga may endow you with a state of mental or spiritual empowerment.

Fitness-based Yoga may provide you with feelings of physical mastery. Regardless of which Yogic path you choose, there are rewards along the way. The point is to recognize, and act upon, the rewards you discover.

After years of practice, some students take happinesslifetime.com Yoga teacher training courses just to link all of these Yogic concepts together. For one reason, or another, we humans want to find answers to mysteries that leave us puzzled. We want to know the mysteries of life, we want to feel worthy, and we want to act on courage.

Yet, only a rare few of us come to the realization that manageable stress creates success. If we live without any stress, will we be creative or innovative? If you give a child every possible luxury, and a stress-free life, will that child be a productive part of society? It is unlikely that a person without stress will become a great contributor to our world.

Stress and worry can be used the same way we use intense heat to forge steel. Too much, or too little stress, can cause problems. How do we know how much stress is necessary? There is a saying, "Necessity, who is the mother of invention." Plato seems to be the first to have said these words.

When we know ourselves, we know how much stress we can tolerate. Yoga enables each of us to look internally to find solutions. At that point, we should know how much action is required for a given situation.

(c) Copyright 2009 - Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, has written many books on the subject of Yoga. He is a co-owner and the Director of yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html Yoga Teacher Training at: Aura Wellness Center, in Attleboro, MA. He has been a certified Master Yoga Teacher since 1995. To receive Free Yoga videos, Podcasts, e-Books, reports, and articles about Yoga, please visit: yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html