Yoga - fashionable area of fitness. But in the East yoga is not just a set of physical exercises, but a whole ideology, forming a certain lifestyle, and even the method of curing many diseases.
So, recently, Indian scientists conducted an experiment whose results have proven that regular Yoga classes successfully struggling with symptoms during menopause. This concerns, both physiological climax manifestation, as well as psychological one.
In the experiment was attended nearly 120 women aged 40-55 years. Most of them suffered from those or other menopausal symptoms period - tides, a sharp change of mood, sweating and others.
Women were divided into two groups.
One of the groups was to repeat a simple set of yoga for beginners, including asanas, breathing exercises and meditation elements each day during the 8 weeks.
For the second group were provided lectures on nutrition, rehabilitation, maintenance of physical and psychological health during menopause.
After two months, doctors and psychologists assessed the physical and psychological condition of women from both groups. All women involved in yoga, noted significant improvement in sleep, reduction or complete disappearance of tides, more stable psychological condition. The condition of women from control group has hardly changed.
In addition, the Yoga exercises have improved intellectual performance of women. They have demonstrated better results of tests on attention and concentration, as well as memory and intelligence.
“This work shows that yoga improves physical and psychological condition of women in difficult for them menopause period. This happens through proper breathing and its relationship with every body movement, relaxation skills and ability to govern themselves “, - say the researchers.
Aug 27
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