Studies suggest that yoga can help reduce risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease in healthy people
YOGA Research
A research report into the therapeutic effects of yoga for health and wellbeing, prepared at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield, UK, for the British Wheel of Yoga (2013). The study showed yoga can help
reduce risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease in healthy people, as well as improving indicators among those already diagnosed with risk factors or actually suffering from these lifestyle conditions. For example, among patients with
cardiovascular disease, positive results included improvements in blood pressure, pulse rate, fi tness, stress, fl exibility and blood serum markers. Positive trends
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were also found for girth, quality of life and BMI. The studies of diabetes and cardiovascular disease often reported proxy outcomes relating to risk factors for disease, such as weight loss and lipid profi les. This is usual for studies into these conditions. Results across studies were mixed, but often displayed at least positive trends towards yoga.
Comment
Richard Adamo Chair of the training committee, British Wheel of Yoga
“O
ur teacher training course at the British Wheel of
Yoga is very thorough. As part of it, we go into common ailments people suffer from and cover how to adapt classes to suit them, in terms of enabling people to be included in a mixed
ability class. Also, we provide specialist postgraduate modules that focus on specific areas of the population. “Having said that, everyone is an
individual, so one person’s experience of being ill is not going to be the same as someone else’s. It may be that in the future, as an organisation, we look to develop more postgraduate modules, but there’s also nothing to stop an individual with special conditions going to an ordinary class. This is one of the wonderful things about yoga – it’s a form of ‘controllable’ exercise, with a key focus on participants observing their own feelings during the class, so it’s ideal for a deconditioned user. “In my experience, research is
important but it’s also crucial, as a teacher, to be aware of the individuals in your class and encourage them to fl ourish, whatever their age or ability.”
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