Yoga
Movements
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Incorporating yoga practice serves many needs and patient population Videos
Yoga Virya: Energy for Positive Life
Yoga is the union of PHYSICAL and MENTAL HEALTH.
Live a balanced life with physical wellness and mental calming.
Reduce stress by recognizing the problems, take action to solve the problems one step at a time.
Yoga involves combination movements and breathing techniques that help improve mental focus, balance, strength, flexibility.
Movements:
- Body movements that involves stretching all body areas from head to toes
- Balancing while stretching all areas
- Close-chain vs open chain stretches
- Challenging postures to help you improve
- Changing perspectives and out of the box thinking
- Get into positions that you wouldn't imagine you can do, yet see it happen with practice
- Flexibility/ Balance/ Strength building
Breathing techniques:
Many breathing techniques help different aspects of body functions:
- Improve lung capacity/ oxygenation
- Pelvic floor strengthening
- Core control
- COPD- Breathing problems
- Helping digestion
- Voiding- Bowels and bladder voiding/ organ motility
- Rib cage mobility
- Spinal mobility
- Postural alignment
Incorporating yoga practice serves many needs and patient population:
- Calming and focusing
- Cancer Survivors
- Chronic Pain
- COPD/ Breathing
- Feet Hands strength motor control
- Graceful Aging
- Kids/Teens
- Moms/ Pregnancy/Menstruation
- Pelvic Health/ Incontinence
- Special Needs Population
- Spinal Injuries/ Kyphoscoliosis/ Scoliosis
- Variations in body types and shapes
- Weight training
Videos:
Special Needs
Yoga for Down's Syndrome
Yoga for Kids
Scientific research on benefits of yoga from the National Institute of Health
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