Is yoga actually any good for you?

There’s so much pseudoscience in the fitness industry it can be hard to know what’s good for you and what’s not.

Yoga is definitely one of the more popular exercise trends which comes with a fair amount of woo-woo.

There’s a lot of overlap between the physical and the “spiritual” because it’s a practice that incorporates elements of deep breathing and meditation.

But is it actually any good for you from a scientific perspective?

On this episode Gab and Sarah look at the health benefits of yoga. From the little we know so far, some of the preliminary results are promising. There’s still a lot of work to be done to prove its effectiveness though.

Plus, how to keep exercising when life takes a huge dump on you.

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WLY resources and recommendations:

Yoga for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (2014) 

Yoga for asthma (2016)

Yoga treatment for chronic non‐specific low back pain (2017)

Effectiveness of Pilates and Yoga to improve bone density in adult women: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)

Yoga an effective strategy for self-management of stress-related problems and wellbeing during COVID19 lockdown: A cross-sectional study (2021)

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