There are many healthy reasons to develop your own yoga practice or daily habit of poses (start with the daily sun salutation sequence and you will be motivated to do more). Yoga is a simply a fave here at the Alternative Health Blog.
And here’s one more reason to put the to-do checkmark next to yoga. A new study from India researchers indicates that regular yoga sessions can reduce hot flashes, night sweats and overall sleep disruption among women going through menopause. Even better, the yoga habit improves mental function and clarity—at a time when some women contend such cognitive acuity is most difficult.
The study, published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, randomly divided 120 women experiencing menopause into two groups. The control group completed basic stretching and strengthening exercises five days a week over two months while the experimental group undertook yoga practices that focused on “slowing down the rate of flow of thoughts in the mind.”
Think about that for a minute... slowing down the rate of flow of thought in the mind. Sounds like something we all can use.
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