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Therapy Yoga Classes

Apart from being a way to get a good workout and for relaxation, yoga is also being recognized as an effective therapy technique for many ailments. In facts, many health professionals like physiotherapists and fitness instructors base their exercises on yoga. Many yogis today also use therapy yoga classes as a way to manage their health issues.

The principle of yoga therapy roots from the fact that out body has the innate ability to excrete any toxins that are in it, through our excretory organs, like our urinary bladders, kidneys, lungs and skin. Yoga, through its cleansing and purification practices (Yoga Kriyas) assist to enhance these excretory functions, as well as strengthen body tissues, thus reducing infection.

Some of the common ailments that Therapy Yoga is known improve are:

  1. Arthritis problems – like Osteoarthritis (OA), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
  2. Breathing and lung problems – like Chronic Airflow Limitation, Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema and Hyperventilation
  3. Digestive problems – like Heartburn, Indigestion and Constipation
  4. Anxiety
  5. Reproductive system problems – like infertility and menopausal problems

Finding a Therapy Yoga Class

Yoga therapy is a specialized form of yoga, and is thus less common. If you are looking to use Yoga as a form of therapy, it is recommended that you do proper research and verify that the yoga instructor is indeed certified as a Yoga Therapist.

This is because Yoga therapists in Singapore, apart from having good knowledge in the practices of yoga, also need to have knowledge about western physiology and anatomy (the different systems in our body), as well as physiological state and symptoms of diseases – so that they can design their courses to work on a particular illness.