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2. Yoga as therapy - Wikipedia

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   There is evidence that yoga relieves stress by multiple mechanisms. [36] The practice of asanas has been claimed to improve flexibility, strength, and balance; to alleviate stress and anxiety, and to reduce the symptoms of lower back pain, without necessarily demonstrating the precise mechanisms involved. [37]

3. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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   An asana (Sanskrit: आसन, IAST: āsana) is a body posture, used in both medieval hatha yoga and modern yoga. [1] The term is derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'. While many of the oldest mentioned asanas are indeed seated postures for meditation , asanas may be standing , seated, arm-balances, twists, inversions, forward bends ...

4. Asana - Wikipedia

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   Physically, the practice of asanas has been claimed to improve flexibility, strength, and balance; to alleviate stress and anxiety, and to reduce the symptoms of lower back pain. [3] [4] Claims have been made about beneficial effects on specific conditions such as asthma, [3] [4] chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, [3] [4] and diabetes. [5]

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   The practice can help reduce stress and anxiety, improve flexibility and strength, and promote overall wellbeing. Performing yoga with others also encourages mindfulness, allowing people to focus ...

6. Yoga as exercise - Wikipedia

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   A 2015 systematic review called for more rigour in clinical trials of the effect of yoga on mood and measures of stress. [172] The practice of asanas has been claimed to improve flexibility, strength, and balance; to alleviate stress and anxiety, and to reduce the symptoms of lower back pain. [173]

7. Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga) - Wikipedia

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   Bryant states that, to Patanjali, Yoga-practice "essentially consists of meditative practices culminating in attaining a state of consciousness free from all modes of active or discursive thought, and of eventually attaining a state where consciousness is unaware of any object external to itself, that is, is only aware of its own nature as ...

8. Mindfulness-based stress reduction - Wikipedia

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   Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) classes and programs are offered at various facilities, including hospitals, retreat centers, and yoga studios. [23] These programs typically focus on teaching: Mind and body awareness to reduce the physiological effects of stress, pain, or illness.

9. Postures of Bikram Yoga - Wikipedia

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   The postures include 24 asanas (poses in modern yoga as exercise), one pranayama breathing exercise, and one shatkarma, a purification making use of forced breathing. Bikram Yoga was devised by Bikram Choudhury around 1971 when he moved to America.