What is yoga therapy?

Yoga therapy is the adaptation of yoga practices for people with health challenges such as back pain, arthritis, high blood pressure, stress, constipation, etc..Yoga therapists prescribe specific sequence of postures, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques to suit individual needs.

Yoga therapy as Preventive

It is popular saying that prevention is better than cure. It is truly applicable to yoga therapy. Yoga therapy along with proper diet (Ayurvedic diet), prevent or delay disease progression. Its techniques changes the total human personality and can remove the blockage of prana if applied properly and on time.

Yoga therapy as Curative

Yoga therapy, derived from the Yoga tradition of Patanjali and the Ayurvedic system of health care refers to the adaptation and application of Yoga techniques and practices to help individuals facing health challenges at any level manage their condition, reduce symptoms, restore balance, increase vitality, and improve attitude.

Yoga therapy as Holistic

Instead of treating an illness, as in orthodox allopath, yoga therapy looks at an individual's over -all physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well being before recommending the exercises.The body's systems are seen as interdependent parts of the person's whole being.It is called holistic system of treatment as it includes a number of factors, such as dealing with the root cause of an illness ; increasing patient involvement and considering both conventional and complementary therapies. Yoga therapy takes into account the whole personality, age, sex, education, occupation, family life, interests etc..

Yoga therapy is natural

Human beings natural state is one's health, and an illness is an imbalance in the body's systems. Yoga therapy tends to emphasize proper nutrition, proper exercise, breathing and relaxationand avoidance of substances such as chemicals that pollute the body. Instead of treating an illness, as in orthodoxallopathy, a practitioner of yoga therapy treats the symptoms of illness as well as looking for the underlying cause of the illness.

Yoga therapy has no side effect

One of the main advantagesof yoha therapy is that they have few side effect when used incorrectly. If a reputable practisioner is chosen, and guidelinesare adheredto, the worst that typically happensis that when lifestyle is changed, and fresh nutrientsare provided, the body beginsto eliminate toxinsthat may have accumulated in thecellsover a lifetime.

Yoga therapy is anti-aging

According to yoga philosophy, it's the flexibility of the spine , not the number of years that determines a person's age. Yoga slows down the aging process by giving elasticity to the spine , firming up the skin, removing tension from the body, strenghtening the abdominal muscles, eliminating the possibility of a double chin, correcting poor posture. Yoga transforms the characteristics of old age to characteristic of youth.

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