Yoga for stress management

“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. M Scott Peck begins his best seller ‘The Road Less Travelled’, by reminding us of the first of the Four Noble Truths pronounced by the Buddha more than 2,000 years ago. Yes, life is difficult and stressful. Stress is one of the greatest sources of suffering for many today and how to manage it has become the number one priority for those afflicted by it.
The ‘Bhagavad Gita’ states that Yoga is the severing of the connection with that which causes suffering, and sage Patanjali declares in his Yoga sutras that the goal of human life is freedom from suffering in order to attain a state of ease, free from all afflictions.
This article will look at the roots of stress and how Yoga offers methods to free us from stress. Yoga offers a holistic approach to stress management by looking at the entire spectrum of human experiences and offering answers for the body, mind and spirit...”

Yoga for stress management looks at the causes and effects of stress, outlines its physiology and the ways in which Yoga provides major benefits in stress management. The article is written by Padma Florine Clomegah.

The February 2006 issue also includes an article and exercises extracted from the book A GAIA BUSY PERSON’S GUIDE TO STRESS RELIEF by Jonathan Hilton, published by Gaia Books. This book is available on SPECIAL OFFER to readers of Yoga & Health magazine. See page 14 of the February edition for full details.