Why should you practice Yoga in the morning?

11 Best Reasons to Practice Yoga in the Morning

Rakesh Pradhan
Rakesh Yoga

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Many of us take oath for New year resolution to bring a new habit into our kit. A habit which can change our lives and make us healthier and happier. I need to wake up early in the morning and will do some workout. Ahh! But, few of us could really make this happen, isn’t it? Those late-night parties, watching movies and sleeping late really never allow us to be an early morning person. Trust me, if you can make a habit of sleeping early and getting out of bed early in the morning, then you will never regret in your lifetime. Practicing Yoga in the early morning adds more sweetness to your health and happiness. The benefits of doing yoga early in the morning on an empty stomach double the benefits. Let us find out 11 best reasons to practice yoga in the morning and I guarantee that if you care for your health and happiness, then you will start the yoga practice from tomorrow early morning and will never look back.

  1. Better Sleep

When you wake up early in the morning, practice yoga and looking forward to a better health, early bedtime will also become a priority for you. You will go to bed early in the night and find a good amount of sleep to relax. The sufficient amount of sleep helps you to energize your body and mind.

2. Boost in Metabolism

Practicing yoga in the early morning helps to boost your metabolism and digest your food efficiently. It ensures to provide nutrients throughout your body and keeps you healthy.

Morning Yoga in the hills of Himalaya

3. Good mood throughout the day

Yoga helps to release stress, anxiety, depression and alleviates your mood by cooling your brain and relaxing your mind. You will feel energized and happier throughout the day.

4. Your own time

When we wake up late in the morning, it’s become difficult to find your own time. But when you wake up early in the morning and sit for meditation, you will feel calm and relaxed. It will provide you with a platform to invest in yourself, can help you to connect spiritually.

5. Crave for healthier foods

When you practice yoga in the early morning and feel hungry due to the workout, a healthier food would be your choice to fuel your body.

6. Look Younger

Early morning Eagle Pose

Regular practice of yoga helps to slow down the ageing of livers, kidneys and hearts. Yoga releases good chemicals which help to glow your skin and look younger.

7. Improved Posture

When you practice yoga, you twist, bend forward and backward, stretch your body. It helps to build your spine and back stronger, opens up your chest, hips and strengthens the core muscles and abs. When these things happen to your body, you look more energetic, stronger, radiant and confident to take on the rest of the day.

8. You don’t miss the Yoga practice

Practicing Yoga in the evening depends on many factors starting from the traffic chaos on your way back to home, mental stress throughout the day and tiredness. Sometimes, you feel like quitting the yoga class for the day. But, nothing can keep you away from the yoga practice, if you do it in the early morning. Your mind and body are fresh after a relaxed sleep and morning calmness adds another reason to go deeper into the practice.

9. Happy time with your family

Practicing yoga in the early morning allows you to dedicate some quality time to your family and friends in the evening time which is also necessary in the life. You can also utilize the free evening time just by reading, cooking, watering your garden or doing something innovative.

10. A most needed stretch before a long day sit in office

When you sit for hours in the office, you invite back pain, stress and diseases. But, that early morning yoga practice stretches your body efficiently and allow you to work more productively at the office without any stress.

11. Sun salutation

Practicing Surya Namaskar in your garden or in terrace not only helps you to enjoy that early morning sunrise, but it also ensures that you get the morning sunlight and greet the sun. Morning sunlight comes with a lot of vitamins which helps to build your body and keep you disease free.

So, it’s the time for you to wake up early in the morning and enjoy endless benefits.

Early to bed & early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise!

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Rakesh Pradhan
Rakesh Yoga

Yogi • Founder at Rakesh Yoga • Blogger • Engineer • Nature Lover • Dreamer • MBA Graduate • Traveler • Life Explorer