Yoga for Depression and Anxiety

Studies have shown that obesity spreads through groups, as does the decision to stop smoking. But according to one study, happiness may be contagious too.

In the first study of yoga and stress in primary health care, Swedish researchers evaluated the effects on patients with a range of stress-related symptoms and diagnoses, from the pain of supraspinatus syndrome to hypertension to depression.

New research from the Dev Sanskriti University suggests holistic healing techniques such as yoga and herbal medicine can effectively treat psychological disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

The first lesson was about Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King. It grasped my attention because it was talking about how they had won a war without actually taking heat into the war and fighting things.

Feeling down in the dumps, and, anxious and nervous too? Unfortunately, all too commonly, sufferers of depression don’t just have to contend with the heavy weariness of depression, for many, anxiety is a constant companion as well. Yoga is one of the best ways to prevent or treat depression.