Yoga

Johns Hopkins Medicine shared a concise summary entitled 9 Benefits of Yoga which outlines a few of the major advantages available to those who regularly practice yoga.

In it, they stated that "Yoga offers physical and mental health benefits for people of all ages. And, if you’re going through an illness, recovering from surgery or living with a chronic condition, yoga can become an integral part of your treatment and potentially hasten healing."

The listed benefits follow:

1. Yoga improves strength, balance and flexibility.
2. Yoga helps with back pain relief.
3. Yoga can ease arthritis symptoms.
4. Yoga benefits heart health.
5. Yoga relaxes you, to help you sleep better.
6. Yoga can mean more energy and brighter moods.
7. Yoga helps you manage stress.
8. Yoga connects you with a supportive community.
9. Yoga promotes better self-care.

The article provided additional information explaining each of these benefits.

It was further noted that the U.S. military, the National Institutes of Health and other large organizations are listening to — and incorporating — scientific validation of yoga’s value in health care. Also that numerous studies show yoga’s benefits in arthritis, osteopenia, balance issues, oncology, women’s health, chronic pain and other specialties.

At Kia Ora our experience with yoga would certainly substantiate these findings. We invite you to explore your options with our classes including Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Restorative yoga and Les Mills BODYBALANCE (live and virtual classes available 24/7).