Yoga Opens Up Possibilities for Those with Limited Mobility
By Better Health Research Team • Oct 8th, 2009 • Category: Health E-Hint
These days it’s become easier for people with physical disabilities to participate in certain exercise and stretching classes. Yoga—a branch of activities derived from Indian disciplines that involves mental, physical and verbal exercises—has poses that can adapt to many situations enabling people of all skill levels to take part in classes.
This includes people who are vision-impaired, temporarily or permanently confined to wheelchairs or those with balancing aids such as canes or walkers. There are classes that specialize in stretching and strengthening movements that take place from a seated position. This not only benefits disabled people, but those who may suffer from arthritis or joint pain.
Yoga has also been shown to help improve flexibility, increase joint movement, reduce stress and boost circulation and immunity.
“People who do this practice regularly have more awareness of their breath, and by taking deeper breaths, by taking longer breaths, there is a greater sense of vitality in the body, in their life,” said yoga instructor Bill Hufschmidt in an online health report.
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