Originally published January 22 2006
Yoga provides physical and emotional relief for sufferers of HIV/AIDS
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A recent article in the New York Times investigates how patients with chronic disease are turning to yoga to relieve physical and emotional pain.
The NY Times on Thursday examined how people with chronic diseases -- including HIV/AIDS, cancer, osteoporosis and Crohn's disease -- increasingly are choosing yoga classes to help reduce discomfort caused by medication side effects and pain and provide them with emotional support to manage their illnesses.
Physicians often recommend yoga to their patients "for the stress-relieving benefits of both exercise and meditation," but students say that because they often are exercising with people who have similar illnesses, the sessions provide them with emotional encouragement, particularly if the sessions include support group meetings held after the yoga class.
Some physicians believe it is dangerous to give patients "the impression that a practice like yoga could somehow cure their illness," according to the Times.
Robert Baratz, president of the National Council Against Health Fraud, said, "It gives some people peace of mind or makes them feel better, ...
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