Relieve Back Pain with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “This systematic review found strong evidence for short-term effectiveness and moderate evidence for long-term effectiveness of yoga for chronic low back pain in the most important patient-centered outcomes. Yoga can be recommended as an additional therapy to chronic low back pain patients.” […]
Reduce the Psychological Distress Produced by Chronic Pain with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “When it comes to chronic pain, the key is learning to live with it rather than vainly trying to avoid or eradicate it; a regular meditation practice is the best ongoing foundation for working with pain.” – Christiane Wolf […]
Improve Knee Osteoarthritis with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Hatha yoga is an important non-medicinal method in rehabilitation of patients with knee osteoarthritis and will result in a significant decrease in pain and symptoms and a significant increase in daily activities, sports and spare-time activities, and quality of life.” – Gholam Ghasemi, […]
Improve Obesity with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga has an important role to play in the treatment of Obesity. Yoga techniques affect body, internal organs, endocrine glands, brain, mind and other factors concerning Body – Mind complex. Various Yoga techniques can be practiced effectively to reduce the weight and achieve […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “What yoga has to offer people who are dying is acceptance, not just of death, but also of all the difficult feelings that come with it.” – Molly Kenny Depression is very common in the elderly. The elderly cope with increasing loss of friends and family, […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “women need to start a relationship with their pelvis, looking at the outside of it, touching the inside of it, talking and listening to it, and loving it. If you are having problems with your pelvic floor, it’s telling you, “Hey, I am here and you’ve been […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. ““If you or your relatives are trying to improve your memory or offset the risk for developing memory loss or dementia, a regular practice of yoga and meditation could be a simple, safe and low-cost solution to improving your brain fitness,” – Helen Lavretsky About 12.5% […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “practicing yoga is one of the best things you can do for the health of your lungs. Yoga will strengthen the muscles of your chest, increase your lung capacity and boost oxygen intake.” – Tania Tarafdar Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) are progressive lung diseases that […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Through Mindfulness, you can embrace that staying positive in the face of cancer includes recognizing and validating all the feelings you are experiencing, negative ones included.” – Richard Dicken Over half of the people diagnosed with cancer are still alive 10 years later and this number […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Cancer patients who practice yoga as therapy during their treatment often refer to their yoga practice as a life-saver. No matter how sick from treatments and no matter how little energy, many find that the one thing that would bring relief were a gentle set of therapeutic […]