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Herpreet Thind is associate Professor of Public Health, UMass Lowell and is a behavioral scientist who researches how physical activity – and specifically yoga – can prevent and help manage chronic diseases. She recently published an article on a web site called Theconversation.com about the wide variety of benefits - to body, mind and spirit - which come from a regular yoga practice. Here are some highlights:
(read the entire article here: https://theconversation.com/yoga-modern-research-shows-a-variety-of-benefits-to-both-body-and-mind-from-the-ancient-practice-197662 )
- most types of yoga can help to improve a person’s strength and flexibility.
- researchers found that eight weeks of yoga improved muscular strength at the elbow and knee by 10%-30%.
- Flexibility at the ankle, shoulder and hip joints also increased by 13%-188%.
- yoga is effective pain management including areas of the lower back, neck, and head (aches)
- a regular practice over eight to 12 weeks can lead to moderate reductions in anxiety and depressive symptoms
- mindfulness aspect of yoga leads to many benefits not found from other forms of exercise.
(read the entire article here: https://theconversation.com/yoga-modern-research-shows-a-variety-of-benefits-to-both-body-and-mind-from-the-ancient-practice-197662 )
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