Can Yoga Help You Control Anxiety And Panic Attacks?

Anxiety and panic disorders can have some harmful impact on your life - they affect your mind, body, mood and wellness. These causes that trigger these attacks are difficult to manage and can adversely influence the quality of living.

 Self help techniques, breathing exercises, affirmations and positive visualization can help you in dealing and alleviating the symptoms of panic and anxiety attacks. 

 

Exercise and the role of endorphins in calming you down

Exercising releases endorphins - hormones that develop a happy feeling. Endorphins act as analgesics, which means they diminish the perception of pain. They are manufactured majorly in the brain and spinal cord and released in response to certain brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. They act as sedatives but do not lead to addictive dependence.

 

Ease your stress and manifest mindfulness with daily yoga

Yoga involves your complete  body, mind, and spirit through specific breathing techniques, and movements. Yoga helps you in restoring a sense of balance. It also helps you in developing the strength of your body, improves balance, and enhances your body’s flexibility. 

 

How does yoga help with easing anxiety and panic attacks?

Yoga eases the physical discomforts caused by these attacks, like tension and pain sensitivity. The various yoga poses stretch and balance your muscles, and release the muscular tension and stiffness in your body.

It also helps you in appreciating the stillness after you unplug from the world and devices around you. As yoga is all about controlling your breathing, it enables you to control anxiety and panic attacks. Yoga makes you conscious of your breathing.  

Try these yoga poses to alleviate stress, depression, panic and anxiety 

• Ustrasana (Camel pose)

• Paschimottanasana (Seating forward bends pose)

• Marjariasana (Cat cow pose)

• Balasana (Child's pose)

• Shavasana (Corpse pose)

Remember, it is important to get help from an expert if your symptoms are severe and persistent. Although yoga can help you with lowering stress and keeping your body healthy, you should also go for regular full body checkups. Checkups can find out any physical disorders that might have developed as a side effect to anxiety and panic attacks, or a depressive episode. Early detection leads to successful treatment and cure.