MEDICAL BENEFITS OF YOGA VENKIT IYER, MD, FACS

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1 MEDICAL BENEFITS OF YOGA VENKIT IYER, MD, FACS

2 MEDICALLY RELEVANT BREATHING EXERCISES STRETCHING EXERCISES MEDITATION PRACTICES

3 RESPIRATION

4 BREATHING EXERCISE Take a deep breath slowly, hold it for as long as comfortable, and breath out slowly. Repeat it a few times Feel a slow relaxation of body and mind

5 NOTICED EFFECTS POSTURE BECOMES ERECT DIAPHRAGM, ABDOMINAL MUSCLES AND CHEST MUSCLES ARE USED SHOULDERS AND NECK STRAIGHTEN

6 NOTICED EFFECTS FEELING OF PEACE, CALMNESS FRESH BREATH OF OXYGEN REDUCTION OF ANXIETY, STRESS REFRESHED FEEL AND RELAXATION OF MUSCLES AND SPHINCTERS

7 NOTICED EFFECTS CLEARING OF NASAL, TRACHEAL AND BRONCHIAL PASSAGES OPENING OF ALL ALVEOLI INCREASED EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE

8 EFFECTS ABILITY TO HANDLE COMMON COLD, BRONCHITIS, PNEUMONIA IMROVED ABILITY TO WORK AND SPORTING ACTIVITY WITH MUSCLE RELAXATION STRESS AND ANXIETY REDUCTION

9 SINUS ARRYTHMIA Heart rate changes with respiratory cycle Voluntarily, it is possible to reduce heart rate by beats per minute by respiratory control as practiced in yoga

10 DEMONSTRATION Feel your pulse continuously Take a deep breath, hold it for a few seconds, and slowly exhale Feel the slowing of pulse (heart rate) while holding the breath

11 HYPERVENTILATION INHALE AND EXHALE RAPIDLY FOR SAME DURATION 15 TO 20 TIMES FEELING OF REINVIGORATION AND TINGLING WITH ENERGY BOOST IS CREATED

12 HYPERVENTILATION CAUSES MILD RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS AND MILD HYPOCALCEMIA CHANGES IN NEURO, CARDIAC AND MUSCULO SKELETAL SYSTEM

13 STRETCHING EXERCISES YOGA IS AN EXERCISE BY ITSELF

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15 POSTURES VARIOUS POSTURES DESCRIBED TOUTING DIFFERENT BENEFITS HELPS TO LOOSEN UP JOINTS, MUSCLES, LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS IMPROVES BALANCING

16 BENEFITS IMPROVES FITNESS, RANGE OF MOTION, STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY IMPROVES BALANCING WITH LESS CHANCE OF FALLS AND INJURIES IMPROVES STAMINA, READINESS FOR WORK OR SPORTS

17 BENEFITS REDUCES BACK ACHES, NECK PAINS, HEADACHES, FATIGUE SYNDROME, ARTHRITIS. REDUCES ANXIETY, INSOMNIA, STRESS SYNDROMES WEIGHT REDUCTION

18 BENEFITS OF EXERCISES REDUCES CHANCE FOR HEART ATTACKS, STROKES, CANCERS INCREASES ENERGY LEVELS, POSITIVE OUTLOOK SOCIALIZATION AND GROUP ACTIVITIES

19 MEDITATION

20 MEDITATION VOLUNTARY FOCUSED TIME OFF OR REST FOR THE BRAIN PRODUCES A STATE OF RELAXATION AND TRANQUILITY OF MIND, LEADING TO PEACEFULNESS.

21 MEDITATION CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, ANY TIME CAN BE DONE WITH OUT ANY EQUIPMENT IS SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE IS A STATE OF MENTAL RELAXATION WHILE MAINTAINING A SHARP AWARENESS

22 BENEFITS REDUCES STRESS, ANXIETY RELAXES BODY AND MIND INCREASES EMPATHY, ACCEPTANCE INCREASES MEMORY, CREATIVITY INCREASES PAIN THRESHOLD

23 BENEFITS INCREASES COMPLIANCE WITH PHYSICIAN ADVISES, MEDICATIONS REDUCES CRIME RATES, ANGER, ACCIDENTS, ROAD RAGE, FAMILY QUARRELS, IMPULSIVE ACTIONS AND GUN VIOLENCE REDUCES ALCOHOL, SMOKING AND DRUG ABUSE

24 RESEARCH FMRI SHOWS INCREASED BLOOD SUPPLY TO FRONTAL LOBE AND HIPPOCAMPUS EEG SHOWS INCREASED ALPHA AND THETA WAVE ACTIVITIES AMYGDALA SHOWS DECREASED ACTIVITY REDUCING EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS

25 MRI AND MEDITATION

26 FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

27 TELOMERASE NOBEL PRIZE IN 2009 WAS AWARDED FOR DISCOVERY OF TELOMERASE ENZYME WHICH PROLONGS LIFE OF CHROMOSOME DNA CHAIN PATTERN AND THUS PROLONGS LIFE OF A CELL.

28 FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH YOGA CONSISTING OF BREATHING EXERCISE, STRETCHING EXERCISE AND MEDITATION PRACTICE IS SHOWN TO INCREASE TELOMERASE LEVEL, THUS INDICATING POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGATION OF LIFE.

29 YOGA CHEAP, INEXPENSIVE CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, ANY TIME, BY ANY ONE DOES NOT NEED ANY EQUIPMENT BENEFITS BODY AND MIND

30 GROUP ACTIVITY IS FUN

31 NATURE IS YOGA

32 YOGA

33 THANK YOU