Yoga therapy is basically something that involves improving your overall physical and mental well-being by practicing different yoga postures, exercises, meditation and more. Its benefits are not just limited to a specific health element but rather very broad and cover your entire physical and mental health.
Let’s take a look at some of the more challenging physical and mental health issues treated by yoga therapy.
Effective Treatment for Many Serious Mental Health Issues
Yoga therapy is still in its early stages as a way of treating some of the most challenging health issues out there the world is struggling to deal with today. Furthermore, it can also be used as a great protective tool against these health issues, allowing you to prevent falling prey to them in the first place.
Some of the major mental health issues yoga therapy has scientifically been found effective against include depression and anxiety. The early research on it being treatment a for other issues like posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and schizophrenia, too, is turning out to be promising and encouraging.
Yoga therapists are also actively working on developing an effective treatment system for children with autism that’s based around yoga therapy.
Similarly, yoga therapy is being researched as a potential way of effectively treating substance abuse issues as well. According to mental health experts, yoga is believed to impact the same areas of the brain and body that are prone to getting affected when falling prey to an addiction.
Some studies have also proven that yoga helps increase the level of neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) in the body, which is often reported to be unusually low in people suffering from substance abuse, depression as well as anxiety.
Effective Against Physical Health Issues Too
As we mentioned above, yoga therapy aims to be an all-round treatment for your overall health, and may simultaneously work towards improving your mental and physical health.
Some of the physical health issues yoga therapy is being used as an effective treatment against include asthma, hypertension, heart conditions, back pain, chronic fatigue, side effects of chemotherapy and more. Regularly practicing some yoga postures as well as doing some meditation may go a long way in preventing the said issues as well.
Also, needless to mention, your mental health is often linked to your physical health, and a significant improvement in the former is almost sure to bring about an overall improvement in your physical health as well.
