AUTUMN DAY 60

Beauty Science

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The benefits that you get from regularly practicing yoga extend well beyond toned arms and increased flexibility. Practicing yoga also rewards you with dramatic boosts for your mind and healthy aging. Research supports that you can even transform your hormones and your body’s stress response with this practice. One study found that once-weekly yoga practice (a ninety-minute session) over twelve weeks significantly lowered levels of oxidative stress and adrenaline, substantially raised levels of antioxidants (including the master antioxidant glutathione), increased serotonin, stimulated immune function, and benefitted overall hormone balance. Increasing your frequency of practice slightly, to three times per week, may be the sweet spot for yoga’s greatest happiness benefits, finds another study. The message is clear: lifelong beauty, happiness, and yoga go hand in hand!