Music for Yoga

Yoga is an ancient and complex practice, rooted in Indian philosophy. It began as a spiritual practice but has become popular as a way of promoting physical and mental well-being.

Although traditional yoga also includes other elements, yoga as practiced in the United States usually includes physical postures, breathing techniques, stretching and meditation.

What are the possible health benefits of yoga?

Research suggests that yoga can:

• Help improve general wellness by relieving stress, supporting good healthy habits, and improving mental and emotional health, improve sleep, and focus.
• Relieve low back pain and neck pain, and pain from knee osteoarthritis.
• Help people who are overweight or obese lose weight and boost metabolism.
• Help people quit smoking, reduce alcohol consumption and promote healthy behaviors.
• Help people manage stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms associated with difficult situations in life.
• Relieve menopause symptoms, cramping and improve mood.
• Help people with chronic illness and diseases manage their symptoms to improve their quality of life.

There’s is a great deal of evidence that yoga can be helpful for stress and anxiety associated with numerous life situations, such as medical conditions or stressful work situations, and for depressive symptoms.

There’s promising evidence that yoga may help people with some chronic diseases manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life. Thus, it could be a helpful addition to treatment programs.