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Offline Keith

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Yoga - it might be useful ?
« on: 13 January 2012, 03:10:11 PM »
Just a quick word in favour of yoga:
I started a regular yoga class back in september, purely wanting it to help keep me injury free while I increase my running & other exercises. I can't claim to enjoy the sessions 100%, but I am pleased with the effect it seems to be having on my FBG.
What with christmas & travel, I've obviously missed a few sessions, but this enables some direct comparisons between a friday morning after a session against one without a session.

It's only a small sample so far, and I know my diet & exercise varies enough to make it unscientific, but there's a fairly clear pattern in that my 8 friday FBGs after a session average 5.35 (with a maximum of 5.9), while 7 fridays after no session average 6.46 (with a minimum of 6.1).

(For what it's worth, the average for any non-yoga-morning-after over the same period is 6.0)

If I was a drug company, my headline would be "Yoga proved to be worth a full point reduction in FBG", but as I'm not, I'll just say it's enough for me to now add additional sessions every week, and it may be something other members would like to look into, or post stats about.

I'm sure Googling something like "yoga routines" will bring up all sorts of help & info for those preferring to do it in the comfort of their own home.
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Offline nytquill17

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Re: Yoga - it might be useful ?
« Reply #1 on: 13 January 2012, 03:37:43 PM »
I have heard this before, that yoga can be useful in diabetes.  I wonder if it's the "light activity" element (although some yoga classes are in fact quite active, depends what style you're doing) or the calming aspect, or something else entirely? I love it for back pain personally and a bit of time to focus inward.
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Offline sedge

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Re: Yoga - it might be useful ?
« Reply #2 on: 13 January 2012, 04:51:17 PM »
I used to love Yoga - no classes evident round here though.

Glad it's helping you!
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Offline Venomous

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Re: Yoga - it might be useful ?
« Reply #3 on: 13 January 2012, 07:23:13 PM »
Meditation has been shown to improve anxiety, I would think yoga helps for its soothing effect and also the light exercise, plus while you're exercising and destressing you aren't snacking lol
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Offline dawida

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Re: Yoga - it might be useful ?
« Reply #4 on: 30 May 2012, 09:47:31 AM »
Yes yoga is useful for us. yoga Increased flexibility and strength can help prevent the causes of some types of back pain. Many people who suffer from back pain spend a lot of time sitting at a computer or driving a car. That can cause tightness and spinal compression, which you can begin to address with yoga. Yoga also improves your alignment, both in and out of class, which helps prevent many other types of pain.
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