Physical inactivity is linked with a number of non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, which are among the leading causes of illness and death worldwide. By improving fitness, teaching how to breathe correctly, and working to diminish stress, yoga can help to cultivate healthier lifestyles.

Various research studies across the globe proved the potential benefits of Yoga in the prevention and management of various psychosomatic disorders.

Practicing yoga can also help raise awareness of our role as consumers of the planet’s resources and as individuals with a duty to respect and live in peace with our neighbors. All these elements are essential to building a sustainable future of dignity and opportunity for all.

Yoga is essentially a path to liberation from all bondage. However, medical research in recent years has uncovered many physical and mental benefits that Yoga offers, corroborating the experiences of millions of practitioners.

There are unlimited benefits of practicing Yoga. Some of them are as following:

  • Improves your flexibility
  • Perfects your posture
  • Builds muscle strength
  • Helps you sleep well
  • Helps reduce weight
  • Beneficial for physical fitness, musculoskeletal functioning and cardio-vascular health.
  • Beneficial in the management of diabetes, respiratory disorders, hypertension, hypotension and many lifestyle-related disorders.
  • Improves psychological/mental well-being.
  • Helps to reduce depression, fatigue, anxiety disorders and stress.
  • Boosts memory and improves concentration.

A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE

Health Care Problems of Canada

  • According to the Canadian Diabetes Association,there are over 9 million Canadiansliving with diabetes or prediabetes
  • According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation heart disease is the leading cause of death in Canadian women
  • Multiple sclerosis may not be a leading killer, but it’s a scary and uniquely Canadian disease. Canada has the highest rate of MS in the world, with about 100,000 people living with the disease.
  • Cancer as a whole is the leading cause of death among Canadians, and the incidence of the disease is expected to increase in coming years as our population ages. More than 75,000 Canadians are estimated to die of cancer a year.
  • Alcohol can account for eight percent of all deaths among Canadians under the age of 70, and a study from the journal Addiction says that Canadians drink about 50 percent more alcohol than the rest of the world, on average.
  • According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, 20 percent of Canadians will experience mental illness in their lifetime, and eight percent of adults will experience major depression. Mental illness also leads to suicide, which is one of the leading causes of death among Canadians from adolescence to middle age.

Solutions in Alternatives

Wake Up Canada! Yoga is a solution to most of Canada’s health care issues; you name it & yoga has a cure!

Think out-of-the-box

  • Wellness & robust health can be promoted naturally through yoga & public health care costs can be rationalized
  • Yoga techniques can enrich allopathic medical practice & make it successful
  • Yoga is cost-effective; it requires only a soft mat and comfortable clothing for practice. Therefore, people from all socioeconomic backgrounds can do it. Also, it is highly adaptable to individual fitness levels