Holiday seasons can often get us out of our zone. Busy days, gatherings, and parties here and there, food, and just the holiday rush can make us sometimes forget about the essential stuff. This is why some people stop exercising, gain weight, or get stressed out during holiday seasons because we fall into the holiday trap and let ourselves lose control.
The holiday season is the best time of the year to practice yoga even more because it helps you to take charge of yourself and manage your stress while still enjoying the season.
Here are 5 more reasons why you should practice yoga, even more, this coming holiday season;
Manage stress
Holidays can be stressful often time so if you’re looking for the best way to manage your stress, give yourself the gift of yoga.
Yoga and meditation give us an effortlessly accessible way to reduce and manage stress. Enables you to take charge of your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. In doing this, you can transform negative emotions into positive ones and enjoy the holiday season even more.
Hold your ground
The holiday season can bring the best and the worst of us. We can be very generous to others but very limiting to ourselves. Yoga helps you to be in the moment and gives you the power to hold your ground. The holiday season should never be an excuse for you to be harsh to yourself or going back to your old unhealthy habits.
Stay in shape
Holidays can sometimes stop us from sticking to our healthy habits and exercise routines. And with parties here and there, it’s for some people to gain weight throughout the season.
By practicing yoga, you just don’t de-stress and, take charge of yourself, you also keep yourself fit and healthy.
It doesn’t have to and hour-long every day, take whatever time you have, and use it to give yourself time to practice yoga.
Makes you happy
Aside from enabling you to manage your stress, yoga boost serotonin, oxytocin, and GABA levels in your body which are responsible to make your feel good and happy. And during holiday seasons, the last thing you want to feel is stress, anger, and worry.
Quality ‘ME’ time
Holiday seasons can be overwhelming. And you deserve some quality “Me” time. If yoga is something you really enjoy doing and something that keeps you centered, then give yourself a favor and do yoga every day.