Posts Tagged ‘Yoga Therapy’
Yoga for Obesity
Yoga for Obesity What is Obesity? Body mass index (BMI) is a calculation that takes a person’s weight and height into account to measure body size. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in adults, obesity is defined as having a BMI of 30.0 or more. But BMI isn’t everything. It has…
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Yoga for Parkinson What is Parkinson’s? According to Mayo Clinic’s Official Website – Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement. Symptoms start gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand. Tremors are common, but the disorder also commonly causes stiffness or slowing of movement. Symptoms Parkinson’s…
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Yoga for Pneumonia What is Pneumonia? Pneumonia is an infection that affects one or both lungs. It causes the air sacs, or alveoli, of the lungs to fill up with fluid or pus. Symptoms can range from mild to serious and may include a cough with or without mucus (a slimy substance), fever, chills, and trouble…
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Yoga for PTSD What is PTSD? According to the National Center for PTSD from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs which is the world’s leading research and educational center of excellence on PTSD and traumatic stress. “PTSD is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, like combat,…
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Yoga for Asthma In this article, we will talk about yoga therapy or yoga for asthma. Asthma is a common lung disorder in which inflammation due to bronchial hypersensitivity causes them to swell and reversibly narrow/obstruct the airways along with recurrent spasms. Yoga can help increase breath and body awareness, slow your respiratory rate, and promote…
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Yoga for Anxiety What is Anxiety? Anxiety is a natural response of your body to stress. It’s a feeling of fear or uncertainty about what’s to come or what will happen next. Based on general observation from day-to-day life we can say that the first day of school, going to a job interview, or giving…
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Yoga for Stress In this article series, on yoga for stress, we will talk about the scientific evidence-based yoga therapy as promoted by Vedamrita. Physiology of Stress This image represents the bodily reaction that any stressor will generate in the body and as a response, Adrenaline and cortisol will be released as per…
Read MoreIntroduction to Yoga Therapy
Introduction to Yoga Therapy Yoga therapy is difficult to define, in part because of the tremendous depth of the tradition itself, and just like Yoga, yoga therapy as a discipline can be also be approached in so many different ways. Nonetheless, just like any other scientific discipline to better understand Yoga therapy accepted socially, it…
Read MoreWho Was Patanjali and Why Is He Important to Yoga?
Who Was Patanjali and Why Is He Important to Yoga? If you have taken enough yoga classes and you’ll eventually hear one of your teachers quote from the book named Yoga Sutra, which is the guidebook of classical, or raja (royal), yoga. Written at least 1,700 years ago, it’s made up of 195 aphorisms (sutras,…
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