Yoga for Heart Disease in Practice

Can meditating as little as twenty minutes twice a day help prevent heart attack and stroke?

Much research has shown high blood pressure to be caused by lifestyle factors. Indeed, the best natural remedy for high blood pressure may simple lifestyle modifications. Changing your diet, reducing stress e.g. by practicing yoga, and other simple changes can go a long way towards reducing blood pressure naturally.

Here’s a new twist (pun intended) on what stretching does for your body: New research indicates that flexibility in the body may be related to flexibility of the arteries, and that your ability (or inability) to touch your toes may be a measure of your risk for heart disease.

Dr. Dean Ornish is a pioneer in research on the benefits of lifestyle medicine in general and the use of yoga as therapy for chronic disease more specifically.