We get it. It’s hard not to feel more than slightly wired (read: stressed out) with emails and social updates erupting out of your inbox. That’s where yoga comes in. Shown by Coventry University to “reverse” the DNA reactions that cause stress, yoga also lowers levels of inflammatory compounds (cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the blood. 'Stress makes us tense physically and mentally. Our flight or fight response activates, we get adrenaline rushes and our body releases cortisol which increases our heart rate and sends the blood to the muscles,' describes MoreYoga instructor Anna de Sousa. 'Yoga helps us tune in with our rest and digest nervous system response, instead. Our body starts its recovery, restore and repair functions.' One of the biggest benefits of yoga, in our book.
