Yoga on the beach is an increasingly popular wellness trend, and for good reasons. Here are some of the health benefits derived from beach yoga.

Researches have long proven the health benefits of proximity to the coast and the beach. In a 2013 study published by Health & Place, authors Mathew P.White, Ian Alcock, Benedict W. Wheeler, and Michael H. Depledge discovered that individuals reported significantly better health when they lived nearer the coast for both general and mental health.

The beach gets you feeling all Zen, according to Richard Shuster, a clinical psychologist, and host of The Daily Helping podcast:

“Staring at the ocean actually changes our brain waves’ frequency and puts us into a mild meditative state,” Shuster said in an interview with NBC News.

Since it is clear that the beach has a profound impact on our brains and mental health, any type of exercise close to the sea would reap these benefits too. Yet, yoga is so much more.

As a practice that trains both mind and body, yoga increases awareness while boosting health. Yogis know that their practice focuses on physical effort and meditation alike. Yoga’s main purpose is to awaken the spirit, stimulating both self-awareness and mindfulness of the world surrounding us. Yogis seeks spiritual growth as much as they strive for physical strength.

By the beach, with all your senses heightened, you weave exercise, meditation, and nature into a harmonious practice that has many benefits for your mental and physical health:

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• According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, people with chronic low-back pain suggest that a carefully adapted set of yoga poses may help reduce pain and improve function
• practicing yoga reduces heart rate and blood pressure
• practicing yoga helps relieve anxiety and depression
• Yoga on the beach puts you in close connection with the blue of the sea and will make you calmer:
  

  “Watching the ocean, listening to the ocean, or being in the ocean, gives the brain a rest from overstimulation.“wiseandwell.co/…/health-benefits-science-ocean

• Yoga on the beach increases connectedness by causing the brain to release “awe” chemicals.
• While practicing yoga on the beach, exposure to sunshine boosts the intake of vitamin D
• breathing sea air cleans your lungs – consider it natural aromatherapy
• Yoga improves health and boosts your immune system
• it improves your flexibility and builds muscle strength
• Yoga on the beach makes you both aware of the environment and self-aware
• Yoga on the beach gives you peace of mind and even improves the quality of your sleep
• Yoga on the beach makes the workout better due to proximity to the water.
• Salt water infuses your skin with magnesium

There are many other benefits of practicing yoga or meditation on the beach. Try at least some form of relaxation next time you find yourself on a sandy shore facing the sea, and culminate your exercise with a visit at a spa to finish the day in style, with a pampering treatment that will soothe your muscles and deepen your state of relaxation.