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Yoga 101: How To Improve Your Mood With Some Stretching and Breathing Yoga Exercises

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If you are feeling down and upset, try to "paint rainbows" to a gloomy day and get the good vibes back by trying this stretching and breathing yoga exercises even in your own turfs and comfort zones.

According to Women's Health Mag, it's one thing to put your feet behind your head. It's another to get inside it. "By stimulating certain glands, yoga causes your brain to release mood-altering chemicals," yoga instructor Sara Ivanhoe shared.

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It may seem an "AHA" for some that yoga can enhance one's mood and well-being -- being tagged as the "perfect antidote to anxiety and mood disorders" as it cultivates mind awareness, opens pathways and releases brain chemicals, relaxes emotions and muscles and sets up a powerful inner space for healing in its truest sense.

According to Breaking Muscle, many yoga styles teach meditation and deep breathing techniques to focus the mind on the breath. Other yoga styles focus on creating a physiological, psychological, and/or biochemical effect. Researchers have investigated the practice of yoga to augment positive mood states and decrease feelings of anxiety.

Do these poses to balance your mind and body. Just some tips to help you get started, hold the position for a few breaths, release and repeat.

Turn your bad vibes into something good with these yoga exercises. Enjoy the video, folks!


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