Enhances Quality of Life
With all the health benefits you can get from yoga, may it be emotional, physical, or mental, we can conclude it helps enhance the quality of life. Physical problems, such as pain and breathing difficulties, can prevent you from enjoying life to the fullest. It may limit you from the activities that you want to try, thus also affecting your self-esteem and social life. Yoga, together with the other treatments recommended by your doctor, can help overcome these physical problems. For example, breathing techniques in yoga can help you breathe easier, while meditation can help reduce pain.
Emotional and mental problems like depression, anxiety, and sadness could prevent you from doing many things and achieving happiness. Yoga aims to bring balance back into your system and provide calmness mentally and emotionally. It helps you cope with these situations, making it more manageable to live a normal life and overcome their symptoms. However, as mentioned, it may be used as an added treatment, but it should never replace the treatment provided by your physician.