Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Is Yoga a great way to manage stress?

31 May 2023 · 1 min

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Short spoken segment from Aaron Hartman, MD presenting yoga as an effective intervention for mental health and medical conditions. He states yoga reduces anxiety, depression, occupational stress, and has benefits for cancer, heart disease, and Parkinson's patients; he gives practical dosing guidance (e.g., 60-minute sessions 2–3×/week for some patients).

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The first place interventions is yoga. Yoga has a lot of data in the realm of anxiety, depression, cancer, and even heart disease. The first things have to do with occupational stress and depression. Yoga has been shown to decrease depression and occupational stress as little as one to two therapy sessions a week. It's also been shown help with Parkinson's patients and cancer patients. Now, in these patients, you actually need to do it a little more. 60 minute sessions, two to three times a week. But yoga by itself is a very, very powerful intervention. Mind, body. It's a movement with intensity, with intention that actually helps lower your cortisol, improve your flexibility, and activate your brain. A lot of.