It has long been claimed by Yogis and Buddhists that meditation and ancient breath-focused practices, such as pranayama, strengthen our ability to focus on tasks.
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Adding Yoga To Aerobic Exercise Reduces Hypertension
Yoga can help increase flexibility and balance, but the ancient practice could have another benefit: helping to lower high blood pressure.
I Healed From Autoimmune Without Medications, Join Me
I am Palak Bhalla Ahuja, an Autoimmune warrior, and I have walked through this journey of healing myself as well as side-effects of methotrexate, with the help of nutrition and yoga.
Does Yoga Really Benefit Patients with Multiple Sclerosis?
The objective of this study was to investigate if a 12-week yoga course can improve body awareness in patients with multiple sclerosis as measured with the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) questionnaire.
Book Review: Think Like A Monk By Jay Shetty
The book “Think Like a Monk,” by Jay Shetty puts out details of his three-year journey and learnings in an ashram.
Yoga And Meditation Improve Brain Function And Energy Levels
Practicing brief sessions of Hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation can significantly improve brain function and energy levels. Hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation both focus the brain’s conscious processing power on a limited number of targets like breathing and posing, and also reduce processing of nonessential information.
School-based yoga can help children better manage stress and anxiety
Researchers worked with a public school in New Orleans to add mindfulness and yoga to the school’s existing empathy-based programming for students needing supplementary support.
Mozart, Meditation And A Yoga Mat: Oncologists Welcome Integrative Therapies For Breast Cancer
A breast cancer patient dealing with anxiety, depression or mood swings could soon be encouraged by her oncologist to learn meditation techniques, join a yoga class or put music to therapeutic use.
Just What The Doctor Ordered: Take A Yoga Class And Depression, Anxiety Improves
Scientific studies already support yoga practice as a means to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Yoga Boosts Stress-Busting Hormone, Reduces Pain
The study is the first to look at the effects of yoga on cortisol levels in women with fibromyalgia.
Yoga And Physical Therapy As Treatment For Chronic Lower Back Pain Also Improves Sleep
Yoga and physical therapy are effective approaches to treating co-occurring sleep disturbance and back pain while reducing the need for medication
Mantra Meditation As Adjunctive Therapy In Major Depression
Depression is and remains a major public health problem. Mantra meditation mainly led to improvements in mood, followed by improvements in neurovegetative and then cognitive symptoms of depression.
For Better Migraine Treatment Try Adding Some Downward Dogs
Participants kept a log of how long their headaches lasted, how severe they were and the medications they took.
Clinical Trial Shows Benefit Of Yoga For Side Effects Of Prostate Cancer Treatment
It is the first randomized trial to look at the effect of twice-weekly yoga on the side effects and quality of life issues caused by prostate cancer treatment.
Yoga and Disease Management
“Diseases like Hypertension, Diabetes etc. what we call as lifestyle diseases arise in the mind and need to be essentially treated in the mind. Anadhija is basically injuries and infections which can be treated with Ayurveda and/ or modern medicine.”