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What’s in it
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do yoga and practice meditation swear
by it? What are the actual benefi
For Me?
ts,
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lives, working 9 to 5 jobs? We’ve got
what they hype is all about. Why
the answers, and the facts.
do those who do yoga and prac-
tice meditation swear by it? What
Studies and research have shown that
are the actual benefi
those who practice yoga and medita-
ts, especially
for those in living full, busy lives,
tion regularly experience a huge range
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of benefi ts, including those that ad-
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dress common workplace and general
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Studies and research have shown
5 Most Common Workplace Health
Concerns
also has many psychological and physi-
that those who practice yoga and
ful state, since meditation lowers the
ological benefi ts. These include improved
meditation regularly experience a
1. Stress
heart rate and the body’
sleep and increased energy levels; de-
s core tem-
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2. Depression
perature, and decreases high blood
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Health Concerns
tice also has many psychological and
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of mind to people around the world.
Sources: State of Health in the American Work-
force, Families and Work Institute, 2009; Wall
physiological benefi ts. These include
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Michelle Trantina, yoga teacher and co-
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Sources: State of Health in the
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mony in their lives.
2009; W
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all Street Journal, 2009
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