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Do yoga neck exercises really relieve stress?

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Have you ever tried Yoga Neck Exercises for a stiff neck or painful shoulders? Have you tried it for improving your eyesight? The fact is that yoga neck exercises have been used for centuries to relieve pain and stress. I use them and it does help me. It even helps me to see a little better as it relieves the stress and tension on my optic nerves.

Human beings weren't meant to sit all of the time, staring at a computer or a TV. Today we are so tired after a workday that all we might want to do is sit in front of the TV and watch a movie. Believe it or not, that is only more stress to various areas of our body like our eyes, neck and shoulders. We were built to move and our muscles and tendons all work a bit better when our movements are slow and done with the proper breathing techniques.

We have family stress, job stress, and financial stress. It's all too much for us to take and many of us do hold our stress in our neck and shoulders. After a while, we get so that we are achy and uncomfortable and don't even realize why. We run, jog, workout at the gym and still we have pain in our neck and shoulders. Why? Because many normal exercise movements can actually increase the tension and stress in our neck and shoulders, exercises like sit ups, and weight lifting are strenuous, especially to our neck and shoulders.

Yoga stretches our muscles and tendons and gives them more flexibility in your tissues and fluidity to your movements. As you do your yoga neck exercises, breathe right and move slowly, you are actually oxygenating your muscles and tendons through the oxygen you are getting in your blood supply. Oxygen is a big factor in preventing our muscles and tendons from getting stiff. Slow regulated movements can ease our muscles and tendons into positions that the stress and pain don't allow without the added pain and damage to our tissues.

Fast exercises movements without warm-up stretches can injure; even tear muscles and tendons causing serious problems. That is the beauty of yoga neck exercises; you are not further stressing your neck and shoulders. You are basically doing stretches along with the breathing to oxygenate and get your blood and muscle fluids flowing better.

When we practice yoga neck exercises daily, we will begin to see less tension being held in our neck and shoulders. Even major stressors will force less stress because our bodies will be better able to handle the stress.

If you have tried a number of exercises and still find yourself with a painful neck and shoulders; make it a point to try some yoga neck exercises. It just may be the remedy for your ailing body and spirit.

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