Research shows that yoga can control blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory function, metabolic rate, skin resistance, brain waves, body temperature, and many other bodily functions.
- Increases bone density
Holding yoga poses is a strength bearing exercise. - Maintains youth:
Stretching forces the body to produce new cells. - Lowers blood pressure
Slow breathing for as little as 15 minutes a day shows that blood pressure can be lowered by relaxing the muscles surrounding constricted blood vessels. - Provides Stress release
Deep breathing opens blood vessels, allowing more nutrients and oxygen to be carried through the body. The stretching poses reduce back and neck pain by relaxing the body. - Increases fitness
At Zen Hot Yoga, your heart rate is raised similar to aerobic exercise. A stronger heart develops, which means a healthier body. More nutrition and oxygen is distributed while exercising. - Reduces Cardiovascular risk factors
A three-month residential study treating patients with yoga, meditation, and a vegetarian diet at Hanover Medical University in Germany found a substantial reduction in risk factors for heart disease, including blood pressure and cholesterol, in participants. * (Acta physiologica Scandinavica Supplementum, 1997). - Beneficial in Asthma
The Northern Colorado Allergy Asthma Clinic in Fort Collins undertook a controlled clinical study of university students with asthma, and concluded that yoga techniques were beneficial as an adjunct to the medical management of asthma. There was also a tendency toward lesser usage of beta adrenergic inhalers*. (1998) - Relieves Arthritis
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in a randomized controlled clinical trial, concluded that “this yoga-derived program was effective in providing relief in hand osteoarthritis. (Journal of Rheumatology,1994)
- Evaluation of a Yoga Based Regimen for Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Hands
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This study investigated the use of yoga as a beneficial therapy for those suffering from osteoarthritis of the hands....
- The beneficial effect of yoga in diabetes.
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Twenty NIDDM subjects (mild to moderate diabetics) in the age group of 30-60 years were selected from the out patient clinic of G.T.B. hospital. They were on a 40 days yoga asana regime under the supervision of a yoga expert....
