I don't know if you have ever heard a saying: you start practicing yoga at what age, and your age will stay at that age. Don't you think it's a bit exaggerated, how can it be so magical? Although you may feel unreal, the effect of practicing yoga is a real way to tell you that yoga is really effective in slowing down aging.
Do you have any impression of the woman in the picture? She is the heroine of the movie "Desperate Housewives", and she also created a career peak with the drama. She's Dana Delany, born in 1956, who is about to turn 65, but do you see her in her sixties? Looks like someone in their forties.
She once revealed on the show that she has four secrets to keeping frozen, one of which is to practice yoga every day. Dana Delany told everyone with her body shape that practicing yoga can really slow down aging.
Today I will recommend several sets of yoga movements suitable for women, as long as we insist on practicing for a long time, I believe we can also achieve the effect of delaying aging.
First set of actions: Hero bend forward
Role: Insisting on practicing this asana can relieve fatigue in various parts of our body, while soothing the nerves of the head and allowing the body to relax and rest.
How to do hero front bend:
● The body is kept on top of the yoga mat in a kneeling position, the two calves open a little closer to the mat surface, the knees are facing the direction of the outside, and the tips of the feet are touched together.
● Place your hips above both ankles, keep your upper body straight, and place your hands naturally on your thighs at first, and then take a deep breath to adjust your physical condition.
● When you are ready, tilt your upper body towards the pad in front of your body, so that your forehead touches the pad, and place your arms open and straight on either side of your head.
● Stretch your spine as much as possible, hold it for about 10 seconds and get up again, and continue to practice repeatedly. You can practice for about 10 to 15 minutes a day.
The second set of movements: sit upright and bend forward
Role: By stretching your legs and hand muscles, you can increase the flexibility of the body, while promoting digestion of the stomach and intestines, but also calming our emotions.
How to do sit upright:
● Sit on it in a position where your hips are pressed against the yoga mat, with your legs together and straight, with the soles of your feet pressed together and the soles of your feet facing the lower part of your body.
●Straighten your upper body, open your shoulders to stretch your muscles, and place your arms naturally on either side of your hips. You can start by turning your head to stretch the neck joint.
● When you are ready to exhale, you will tilt your upper body toward your legs, and extend your two palms forward to touch the position of your feet, fully feeling the stretching of the leg and waist muscles.
● Position the action for about 5 to 10 seconds, recover, continue training. You can practice for about 10 to 20 minutes a day.
The third set of actions: foot binding
Function: Angle-bound exercises are very effective for resolving women's menstrual pain, promoting blood circulation, maintaining the health of the buttocks, and stretching the muscles of the legs and waist, while relaxing our bodies and relieving our own pressure.
How to do the foot binding type:
●The body is kept on top of the yoga mat in a sitting and standing posture, and the upper body is careful to keep it straight and stretch the spine, while opening the shoulders and tightening the abdominal muscles.
● Bend your legs to both sides of the body in a posture where the palms of your feet are touching each other, try to make our legs touch the pad surface, it doesn't matter if you can't do it, you can use bricks and other items to assist, and hold the soles of our feet with both hands.
● Close our eyes and relax our bodies so that we can enter a state of meditation. You can also press your upper body down in front of your body and feel your legs stretched enough.
● The beam angle type can be practiced for about 10 to 20 minutes a day.
The above three sets of yoga movements are super simple and easy to learn, and no matter what age group can be practiced, spend half an hour to an hour at home every day to carry out some yoga exercises, not only can improve our body lines, make the figure appear more symmetrical, but also relieve our pressure to relax the body, their mentality will be more optimistic, the most important thing is that they can also delay aging, so that we can maintain a healthy and young body state. Don't you want to have Dana Delany's physical state in your sixties? Then hurry up and practice