A summary of how some common disorders are treated by practitioners
and medical institutions using yoga science. The poses are described
in the section on asanas. Details of medical problems that can be
treated by individual asanas are described under the asanas themselves.
Most of the following common disorders can be treated by Yoga combined
with meditation and/or visualization. Before performing any of these
posture, please be sure to perform relaxation and deep breathing
exercises.
Other applications of yoga in healing is quantified under Yoga
- Benefits.
Disorder
Yoga Exercise
Visualization Affirmation
Asthma
Corpse Pose, Mountain,
Complete Breath.
Lung expansion, renewed
strength.
Backache
Corpse
Pose, Locust, Knee to Chest.
Fresh
circulation to nourish back muscles.
Bronchitis
Mountain, Locust.
Cold
Lion
Constipation
Bow, Corpse Pose, Knee
to Chest (reinvigorates liver, spleen, intestines), Posterior
Stretch, Uddiyana, Yoga Mudra
Increased circulation
to stimulate intestines.
Depression
Yoga
Mudra, Corpse Pose
New
energy from increased oxygen levels in the blood, pending new
joyous activity.
Diabetes
(not a cure!)
Corpse Pose, Kneeling
Pose.
See healing energies
of fresh circulation flow to pancreas
Emphysema
Complete
Breath, Locust, Grip
Healing
circulation to lungs.
Eyestrain
Neck and Eye exercises.
Absorb invisible energy
from the air ("prana") into the eyes.
Flatulence
Knee
to Chest.
Headache
Corpse Pose, Neck and
Eye Exercises, Shoulder Roll
A summer blue sky. No
thoughts.
Indigestion
Corpse
Pose, Mountain, Locust, Posterior Stretch, Cobra, Uddiyana
Insomnia
Corpse Pose, Mountain,
Locust, Posterior Stretch, Cobra
