Yoga

Yoga began as a spiritual practice but has become popular as a way of promoting physical and mental well-being.

Research suggests that yoga may:

• Help improve general wellness by relieving stress, supporting good health habits, and improving mental/emotional health, sleep, and balance
• Relieve low-back pain and neck pain, and possibly pain from tension-type headaches and knee osteoarthritis
• Help people who are overweight or obese lose weight
• Help people quit smoking.
• Help people manage anxiety or depressive symptoms associated with difficult life situations.
• Relieve menopause symptoms.
• Help people with chronic diseases manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life.