Yoga-A complementary and traditional medicine for human health.
Saurabh Pandey, Avinash C Pandey, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha
Journal of integrative medicine March 1, 2025 Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1016/j.joim.2025.01.002 via PubMed
Summary
Yoga has a wide range of benefits for physical, mental, and emotional health. It enhances flexibility, strength, and balance while promoting relaxation and reducing stress. The review discusses how yoga can address underlying factors related to various diseases, highlighting its potential as a complementary therapy for improving overall well-being.
Study at a glance
| Design | review |
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| Key finding | Yoga serves as a beneficial tool in addressing and counteracting the underlying factors associated with different diseases. |
Abstract
Yoga is a therapeutic practice renowned for its multifaceted benefits across the body's systems. Its positive impact spans the physical, mental and emotional realms, fostering harmony and well-being. Through a combination of postures, breathing techniques and meditation, yoga offers profound effects, enhancing flexibility, strength and balance while simultaneously promoting relaxation and reducing stress. This integrative approach not only cultivates physical resilience but also supports mental clarity, emotional balance and overall vitality, showcasing yoga as a comprehensive and impactful system for holistic health. The review delved into the multifaceted ways in which yoga exerts a positive influence on the body's various systems. It highlights how yoga serves as a beneficial tool in addressing and counteracting the underlying factors associated with different diseases. By examining yoga's effects on these systems and its potential in combating illness, the paper sheds light on the comprehensive therapeutic benefits that yoga offers. Please cite this article as: Pandey S, Pandey AC, Kotecha VR. Yoga-A complementary and traditional medicine for human health. J Integr Med. 2025; 23(2): 93-105.