Our society is well aware of the endless emotional and physical disorders that an adult faces due to the stress and pressure caused by the fear of passing the examinations.

Unfortunately, today students are the victims of stress, anxiety, insomnia, etc, due to a highly competitive environment and work culture. Peer-pressure, examination pressure, long working hours, irregular eating habits are a few other causes of a stressful lifestyle. The most common causes of the stress of students include not being able to remember what they’ve studied, loss of sleep and energy, lack of concentration and frightful nightmares related to the dreaded exams. So we have found an easy way to combat exam stress? Yoga is the answer!

There is no doubt about the benefits of yoga for students even in today’s modern world. Learning Yoga at an early age can have lasting and intense benefits on the overall health and well-being of the student. Immaterial of whether you’re a student or adult, you are sure to find Yoga to be beneficial in terms of achieving peace of mind, maintain increased energy levels, improve flexibility, and find inspiration to paving your energies in the right direction. Regular practice of yoga will result in improved posture, increase in lung capacity, memory boost, and help you develop a positive attitude towards exams and life, and also discovers your highest potential. Stress is a major obstacle to academic achievement, and yoga’s stress relief powers have been shown to boost student performance. Research over the past years has shown yoga for students to have stress-relieving powers, paving the way for improved academic performance with the practice of asanas, meditation and breathing exercises.

Benefits of Yoga for Students

Here, we discuss the most important benefits of yoga for students:

The word Yoga is derived from a Sanskrit word ‘Yuj’. Yoga is not just about doing asanas for your health. It has more meaning to it as it elevates your emotions with a touch of spirituality, therefore giving you the ability to overcome a lot of problems in your life including the examinations. During exams, most of the students find it difficult to remember what they have studied before and this happens even after doing their revisions. In fact, those who did yoga retained better than people who had been for a 20-minute jog!

Here are some important yogasanas that expert yoga teachers at “LIVE WITH YOGA”, Iyengar Centre in Jaipur have been teaching their disciples to increase focus & concentration and can also help you to:

• Remember all that you study
• Maintain high levels of energy
• Score your best in exams
• Increasing your Energy