Introduction
Although yoga has only become popular in recent years it has a rich and long history that is not less than five thousand years old. Even then it still remains unknown when exactly the practice began. A review of various literature insinuates that in ancient times people’s desire for health, need for self understanding and long life gave birth to yoga, a mental and physical exercise which has ever since spread to many parts of the world.
What Yoga is
The word ‘yoga’ essentially means to yoke or join together’ and thus the exercise is meant to harmonize …show more content…
After three months, eighty percent of the patients who had been exposed to yoga reported that their pain had significantly declined, while another group of twenty five under the same study but on normal medication had only forty percent of them, showing improvement. HHP (2009) support this argument by presenting the findings of another study that affirms the capability of yoga therapy in reducing functional impairment and easing pains in individuals suffering from chronic low back pain. They further add that this condition is actually difficult to treat which is why they suspect that clinicians are turning to complementary therapies like …show more content…
He gives descriptions of the therapy in the modern context thus helping the reader to distinguish it with the ancient practice. He also keenly illustrates the components of the method and the basic systems that it is currently built upon. He goes ahead to give explanations of the benefits that can be derived from the routine additionally capturing the reader’s interest by clarifying that prior experience is not necessary and anyone can be take part in it. However the author fails to give in-depth data regarding the history of yoga that could be helpful in assisting critiques that have mainly associated the practice with Hinduism and atheism ease their fear and thus feel free to try out the therapy. He seems to assume that everyone would be comfortable with the practice merely in light of the stated benefits. Nonetheless it is a helpful document in building any arguments on yoga therapy.