Forsker på yogas effekt på Parkinson-pasienter

De strekker, tøyer og puster. Nå skal det undersøkes om medisinsk yoga har virkning for personer med Parkinson

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Effekt av Hatha Yoga for travle kvinner i sin beste alder.

En undersøkelse viser at de som driver Hatha Yoga regelmessig får betydelige helsegevinster samtidig som de reduserer stress.

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Effekten av Yoga og Bevisst pusting på hjertefrekvens og angst blandt barn diagnostisert med Autisme

Målet med dette studiet har vært å evaluere effekten yoga kan ha på stress og angst-symptomer hos barn med diagnosen ASD (autism spectrum disorder)

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Effekten av Yoga på følelse av velvære og opplevelse av stress på en arbeidsplass

 I 2008 på et britisk universitet ble det gjort et  6-ukers forsøk for å se om et kort Yogaprogram kan bedre velvære og opplevelse av stress på en arbeidsplas. Det ble funnet signifikante økninger i opplevelse av humør og velvære i gruppen som gjennomførte kurset i forhold til en kontrollgruppe som ikke gjorde Yoga.

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Effects of 6-week yogic exercises training on blood pressure

From: Khalsa College of Physical Education, Amritsar, Punjab-143005, India.

The aim of the study was to assess the effects of 6-week selected yogic exercises training on blood pressure. 20
purposively selected male blood pressure patients from Amritsar (Punjab, India), aged 30– 50 years, volunteered to participate in this study. The yogic exercises training may be recommended to control blood pressure and may contribute to enhance health status and wellness.

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Yoga and risk for type 2 dibetes

From: Hindawi.com

Various modes of physical activity, combined with dieting, have been widely recommended to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Among these, yoga holds promise for reducing risk factors for type 2 diabetes by promoting weight loss, improving glucose levels and reducing blood pressure and lipid levels. This pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility of implementing a 12-week yoga program among adults at high risk for type 2 diabetes.

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Yoga and aging

By : Ruth Howard

From: Health and Yoga

We hear of yogis living to a very old age. In his book Autobiography of a Yogi, Yogananda speaks of Trailanga Swami, who was reputed to be over 300 years old, and Shankari Mai Jiew, who was born in 1826, was still alive in 1946. Maharishi Raghuvacharya lived to the age of 115, and Devraha Baba was believed to have lived to over 250 years old. Yogis well known in the west who lived to a very old age include Krishnamacharya (101), Pattabhi Jois (93) and Indra Devi (103).

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77 Surprising health benefits of Yoga

By Meredith Walker, Nursing degree

Over the paste several years, yoga has experienced an upsurge in popularity in the western world among medical professionals and celebrities alike. While manu associate yoga with new age mysticism or the latest fad at the gym, yoga is actually an ancient practice that connects the mind, body and spirit through body poses, controlled breathing, and meditation. The practice of yoga has many health benefits associated with it, so read below to discover 77 benefits of incorporating yoga in to your patient`s program.

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YES (YOGA EXERCISE SELF-CARE)

From: Trials Journal

We will use viniyoga, a therapeutically-oriented style of yoga that emphasizes safety, is easy to learn, and has rigorous teacher training standards, as the basis of our intervention. Because viniyoga focuses on the purpose of each posture, rather than on its precise form, it tailors the postures to abilities of each individual's body. This emphasis on safe performance of individual poses and careful sequencing of the poses minimizes the risk of injury and discomfort.

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The Yoga Tradition, Perspective. Association of Yoga Therapists

By: Eleanor Criswell, PhD 

President, International Association of Yoga Therapists

Humanity needs so much healing at this time. Yoga can play a big role in fostering that healing. Yoga ethical principles need to inform everything that we do, individually and as an organization. It will take all of us working together. What better way to do it than in the light of Yoga?

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