There are many highly effective yoga practices that provide relief to stress and tension, and most can be done quite easily by anyone. Many of those practices come from the tradition of hatha yoga, where certain yoga asanas (postures) and kriyas (movements) are used to release pent up tension in the body.
The branch of yoga known as jnana yoga also provides a number of practices for the cleansing of the body and psyche, and release from stress and strain. Pranayama yoga is a third area of yoga that possesses many powerful cleansing, purifying and relaxing practices for the stress sufferer.
The Free Yoga Stress Relief Guide includes 8 powerful stress relief practices from these three branches...
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