Yoga- Nature Cure for
Depression and Anxiety
In the recent studies
it was found that the ancient form of spiritual, mental and physical discipline
that has originated in ancient India is now a nature cure for the treatment of
depression and anxiety. This ancient discipline is nothing but Yoga and Meditation.
In a recent survey it was found that 6-8 percent of adults have tried yoga at
least once in their life time. These days there are a variety of yoga schools
and program available in large number. Yoga has become a vast practice across
the world. There are different forms of yoga of which Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga
is the well-known types. Hatha Yoga is a combination of breath control with
asanas and meditation.
In
2000s, several studies following continuous studies and research, randomized
control trial (RCT), have indicated that yoga provides therapeutic benefits in
curing anxiety and depression. Yoga when practised effectively reduces stress
response and pain response.
Sudarshan Kriya Yoga which is a controlled
breathing technique involving different breathing patterns – slow, rapid,
calming, stimulating – followed in a cyclical order. A study compared effects
of thirty minutes of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga for six days a week to tricyclic
antidepressant imipramine and bilateral electroconvulsive therapy in forty five
people hospitalized for depression. After a month of study it was found that
sixty seven percent of patients on Sudarshan Kriya Yoga, seventy three percent
of patients on imipramine and ninety three percent of patients on
electroconvulsive therapy showed relief from depression.
Yoga also showed
improvement in life of breast cancer survivors, epilepsy patients and
caretakers of people with dementia. Hence Yoga is the best discipline to
inculcate in one’s daily routine to avoid stress, depression and anxiety. This
also lowers the intake of medicines daily hence helps in nature cure.
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