Yogata breathe

8 Goodgymers helped their local community in Barnet
Emma
Daniel Mermelstein
Richard
Harvey Gallagher
Paul Salman
Alex Cameron-Smith
Barnet

Thursday 27th January 2022

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A few good gym members came together online to do some yoga.

yoga talk

We know how it feels to leap out of bed after hitting the snooze button one-too-many times and rushing around in the morning – our nervous system definitely knows how it feels all-too-well…. Giving yourself an extra hour or half an hour in the mornings to wake up and practice will allow your nervous system to begin the day in a far more relaxed state. Our levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) are already high in the mornings in order to give us the boost we need to wake up. If this level of cortisol is quickly increased with added stress however, we’ve set ourselves up for an equally stressful day. Making the practice of yoga a habit each morning allows the body to get into the habit of switching off the sympathetic ‘fight or flight’ stress response, and instead able to finally tap into the healing benefits of the parasympathetic nervous system – increasing the health of both body and mind immensely.



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Richard

Thu 27th Jan 2022 at 9:11am

Hi Paul. Thank you very much was good start of the day.

Paul Salman

Thu 27th Jan 2022 at 12:18pm

Glad you enjoyed it Richard!

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