Emotional stress depletes the immune system. Yoga fosters coherence in heart rhythm, enhancing immune function, particularly IgA levels, and strengthening both natural and acquired immunity.
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How Yoga Supports Cancer Patients’ Mental Health
Yoga significantly aids cancer patients by improving mental well-being, managing physical symptoms, and enhancing overall quality of life during and after treatment.
Breath, Body, Mind.
There is increasing evidence demonstrating the relationship between emotional stress and the depletion of our immune system. Research shows how the immune system appears to benefit from the practice of yoga by encouraging ‘coherence’in the rhythm of the heart beat, as opposed to ‘chaos’. In the body, the main agent of our immune system isContinue reading “Breath, Body, Mind.”
#Yoga for #Mercury Retrograde.
Yoga is not about the outward form of a pose, the asana. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali define “asana” as a position that, “is steady and comfortable”. Patanjali also mentions the ability to sit for extended periods of time as one of the eight limbs of his system. One of the stories Abhijata tells is ofContinue reading “#Yoga for #Mercury Retrograde.”
Helpful ideas for losing #summerholiday #endofterm #stress
The past few months has been a struggle so we can be forgiven for feeling we have a very short fuse and need a very long holiday. No one should underestimate the health problems associated with stress – it’s the single biggest cause of long-term absence from work. More importantly though, it exacerbates, and is the cause of,Continue reading “Helpful ideas for losing #summerholiday #endofterm #stress”
