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Innumerable number of people with diabetes are now choosing yoga to keep their condition under control and improve general quality of life.

It is now a known fact that practice of yoga on regular basis helps to reduce stress levels, enhances the mobility, lowers the blood pressure & improves overall wellness.

These benefits are known to improve management of diabetes & immensely benefit other medical conditions like heart disease, thyroid, hypertension, kidney & liver related issues etc.

YOGA

Yoga can be termed as a sequence of physical, mental & spiritual disciplines that has origin from ancient India about more than 5,000 years ago.

Yoga benefits to co-ordinate breathing with mind & body to help relaxation, it develops breath awareness to give a great sense of inner peace.

It encompasses numerous body postures with movements (called asanas) with techniques of breathing. Meditation plays a big role in entire process, all the activities are designed in a way to encourage comfort, mental composure & physical relief.

Benefits of yoga for diabetes

Majority of people undergoing yoga experience immense improvements in both mental & physical health thereby either benefitting in or experiencing reversal of diabetes.

These benefits may comprise of:

• Sound sleep
• Reduction in anxiety and depression
• Improved feelings of well-being
• Relief from most of chronic illnesses
• Better digestion, circulation, and immunity
• Better posture, flexibility & strength
• Increased concentration & energy levels
• function and efficiency of respiratory, neurological and endocrine organs gets improvement

Benefits for people with diabetes

Yoga has proven to be a very cost- effective option to treat and prevent diabetes. Previous studies on several occasions show data that suggests yoga and meditation reduces hyperglycaemia effectively with positive consequences in normalisation of blood sugar levels.

Under stress blood sugar is found to have increased levels resulting in serious complications like heart ailments etc. therefore control on stress is the main component of treatment of diabetes.

With precise breathing technique through yoga & meditation, participants are trained to generate a relaxation response. This response in turn regulates cortisol and other stress hormones impacting blood pressure and blood sugar both.

Yoga helps diabetics by:

Rejuvenating pancreatic cells – Yoga aids relaxation with asanas that stretch the pancreas, which in most cases stimulate the beta cells that produce insulin.

Exercising the muscles – Like any other form of exercise, yoga too increases the glucose consumption by muscular cells, which lowers blood sugar levels, it also improves circulation and also reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Helping weight loss – Exercising using yoga reduces weight & improves weight control, both of these are essential for protecting against type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease and diabetes management.

Improving mental attitude – Consistent yoga helps to focus mind and creates the correct mental approach to deal with diabetes.