yoga Effects on Circulatory System

The body needs energy for work, which is supplied by food. The muscles in the body need nutrition and oxygen extremely. It is the circulatory system which carries nutrition and oxygen to the muscles through blood stream. Following are the effects of regular yoga exercise on this system:

  • Regularity in heart-beats
  • Increase in the volume of strokes
  • Lowering the level of bad cholesterol and raising the level of good cholesterol (H.D.L.)
  • Increase in the number and work-efficiency of cells
  • Increase in the number of red blood corpuscles (RBC) Increase in the number of white blood corpuscles (WBC) Decrease in exhaustion / tiredness
  • Regularization of lipid profile, i.e. irregularities / disorders of cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, etc. are removed
  • Accelerated Recovery Time
  • Improved immunity