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Yoga is the perfect compliment to your standard exercise program. Yoga can fulfill your body’s need for a well-rounded, comprehensive fitness program which should include aerobic & anaerobic exercise, resistance training, flexibility and core strengthening exercises.

Several recent studies have concluded yoga to be beneficial to your health in a number of ways. If you have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF), try yoga! It has been shown to improve AF symptoms, significantly decrease heart rate, systolic & diastolic blood pressure both before and after a yoga class. Participants of the study reported their symptoms of anxiety and depression were also reduced.

According to the findings of a study conducted at Duke University, yoga has a positive effect on mild depression, sleep problems, schizophrenia (among patients using medication), and ADAH (among patients using medication). Some psychologists believe that exercise should be the first line of defense for improving anxiety & mood disorders. In some patients yoga can have effects similar to those of antidepressant drugs or psychotherapy, by boosting serotonin levels. In addition, yoga has been found to reduce inflammation, oxidative stress & blood lipids. Yoga can not only reduce stress & relieve symptoms of depression but it also seems to keep those feeling at bay.

Yoga for weight loss? Research published last year discovered that yoga plays a role in regulating leptin levels. Leptin, a hormone that is responsible for telling your brain whether or not you should be hungry, eat & make more fat. Insulin & leptin resistance both play a role in obesity and sending the proper signals to the brain. Practicing yoga can alter leptin levels reducing it’s pro-inflammatory & fat-storing properties.

Whether practicing yoga as a morning energizer or an evening relaxation technique, you will reap the many benefits yoga has to offer. Including greater flexibility, core muscle strengthening, increased circulation, and back pain relief, as well as the above mentioned advantages.

Saratoga Health & Wellness offers both morning & evening yoga classes to accommodate your busy schedule. Beginners & experts welcome.