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Benefits
Stress Management Mayo Clinic "Yoga brings together physical and mental disciplines to achieve peacefulness of body and mind, helping you relax and manage stress and anxiety." Yoga Health Foundation "…Yoga has become one of our primary therapies for stress management," says C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., director of the preventive and rehabilitative cardiac center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) "People use meditation for various health problems, [including managing stress]." Improved Fitness Mayo Clinic "Practicing yoga can lead to improved balance, flexibility, range of motion and strength. And this means you're less likely to injure yourself in other physical endeavors or in your daily activities." Boosted Immunity Huffington Post "A recent Norwegian study found that yoga practice results in changes in gene expression that boost immunity at a cellular level. And it doesn't take long: The researchers believe the changes occurred while participants were still on the mat…" Overall Brain Health Huffington Post "Studies show that meditation is associated with improvement in a variety of psychological areas, including stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, eating disorders and cognitive function, among others." Oxford Journal "Following 8 weeks of yoga practice, participants in the yoga intervention group showed significantly improved performance on the executive function measures of working memory capacity and efficiency of mental set shifting and flexibility compared with their stretching–strengthening counterparts." Better Sleep Harvard Study "Researchers from Harvard found that eight weeks of daily yoga significantly improved sleep quality for people with insomnia." Eased Migraines Huffington Post "Research shows that migraine sufferers have fewer and less painful migraines after three months of yoga practice." Decreased Back Pain Yoga Health Foundation "...study of 313 adults with chronic or recurring low-back pain suggested that 12 weekly yoga classes resulted in better function than usual medical care." |