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A Sense of Wonderment |
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Yoga and holistic healing |
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The Benefits of Yoga |
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A Sense of Wonderment Yoga and Holistic Healing 12166 Hart Rd Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747 |
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Yoga is an ancient holistic discipline that offers many benefits, the foremost of which is personal wellbeing. Personal wellbeing can mean many things and may be different for each person. Most people agree that personal wellness includes physical, mental and emotional comfort and stability. Whether ones focus is developmental or therapeutic, yoga offers many tools that can be combined in an infinite number of ways to suit the unique needs, capabilities and interests of each person. Some of the benefits of regular yoga practice include stress reduction and stress management, improved flexibility and range of motion, improved memory, concentration and mood. Yoga helps improve the functions of all bodily organs and systems including circulation, respiratory, heart, liver, kidney and bowel function. We then eliminate toxins more efficiently while our ability to assimilate the nutrients we need to build, rebuild and sustain healthy tissue is increased. Our energy increases and muscle tension, stiffness and fatigue are reduced. Yoga increases muscle tone and physical fitness, can slow the aging process and has a positive effect on our mental state and sense of self-acceptance. We gain lightness of body, mind and spirit, translating to a heighted state of health and sense of wellbeing. The practice of therapeutic yoga helps to reduce symptoms, manage illness and promote healing for many conditions. The following is a sample list of the conditions and illnesses for which the practice of yoga has proven positive results: Asthma Arthritis (all kinds) Addictions Allergies ALS Anxiety Ankle and foot issues Backache Bronchitis Cancer Carpal tunnel Constipation Chronic fatigue Candida High cholesterol Dyspepsia Depression Diabetes Eczema Emphysema Epilepsy Frozen shoulder Fertility issues for men and women Flatulence Fibromyalgia Hypertension and hypotension Headaches including migraine and tension Hyperglycemia Hiatal hernia Irritable bowel syndrome Insomnia Indigestion Kyphosis Knee issues Lordosis Lupus Liver issues Menstrual disorders Migraine headaches Mental illness Obesity Osteoarthritis Premenstrual syndrome Pre/ post-surgery Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Parkinson’s Sciatica Scoliosis Sinus problems TMJ Varicose veins COPD And many more Yoga is a complementary system that works with your current health care providers and is most beneficial when adapted to the needs and capabilities of the individual by a skilled and experienced teacher. |
