Beneficios de una respiración profunda:
Referencias muy selectivas de las muchas existentes en Internet sobre los beneficios de la respiración y la práctica del Yoga en general:
"The deep, steady
breathing of yoga is believed to balance the nervous system and improve circulation,"
says Nicole Nisly, M.D., UI Hospitals and Clinics Complementary and Alternative
Medicine Clinic. "Combine that with visualization and relaxation, and yoga
leads to a calm and focused state of mind." |
Physicians in the U.S. and abroad are conducting a variety of studies gauging whether yoga offers health benefits beyond general fitness and can relieve symptoms associated with serious medical problems. Early results suggest that a regular yoga regimen -- involving a variety of postures, deep breathing and meditation exercises -- can offer relief for patients suffering from asthma, chronic back pain, arthritis and obsessive compulsive disorder, among other problems.* Asthma: P.K. Vedanthan, an allergist and associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver, studied 17 adults with asthma. Half the group practiced a yoga regimen that included breath slowing exercises and meditation. Although lung function tests were about the same for both groups, the yoga group was less likely to need inhalers and scored higher on quality of life questionnaires. Marianne Wamboldt, associate director of pediatrics at National Jewish Medical Research Center, one of the country's leading allergy and asthma hospitals, is a longtime yoga practitioner who is seeking NIH funding for her own yoga/asthma study. "I don't think yoga can cure asthma, but I think it's a good adjunctive therapy that helps," she says. Doctors study the health benefits of yoga. Tara Parker-Pope, The Wall Street Journal |
...Gautier
said studies have shown that gentle yoga can reduce stress and manage a range
of physiological functions, such as blood pressure and heart rate. The National
Institutes of Health has stated that yoga may also be an appropriate way to relieve
symptoms, such as fatigue and nausea, associated with cancer and treatment. Gautier
noted the most important benefit, however, may be its ability to restore patients'
sense of control over their bodies and lives. Yoga classes through Stanford help support cancer patients. Stanford University Medical Center. |
YOGA Un calmante natural y alivio de muchas patologías Palia la fatiga de los afectados por la esclerosis múltiple, mitiga los dolores de los que sufren el síndrome del túnel carpiano o artritis reumatoide, reduce la tensión arterial, mejora la circulación y aumenta la flexibilidad y la movilidad de las personas mayores. Éstos son algunos de los beneficios del yoga que han podido confirmarse a lo largo de este año en investigaciones llevadas a cabo en varias instituciones de prestigio y que han sido publicadas en revistas reconocidas. Otras formas de lograr la curación ALEJANDRA RODRÍGUEZ. El Mundo salud |
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