Yoga Practice on Major Depression in Adult Females

The National Institute of Mental Health quotes the results of 2005 research that showed that 7% of adults in the United States are suffering from depression (2005). The most affected adults are 18 to 60 years old, and women show more severe depressive symptoms than men (NIMH 2005). Various antidepressants are advertised through television commercials, but I would like to know if there are other treatments, and if so, how effective these treatments are. I am currently taking a class of yoga, and I noticed that this intensive exercise not only relaxes my body but also keeps me awake.

People who do not take antidepressant medicine or who do not receive psychotherapy can relieve mild to moderate major depression by practicing yoga. This is a small and interesting new study published in the March issue of PLoS ONE. This is the first study to deal with yoga as an independent treatment for the diagnosis of depression in the United States. Dr. Sudha Prathikanti, a comprehensive psychiatrist at the University of California San Francisco, says: "Although the results of these tests are positive, some people think that these results may not apply to the Western population." Dr. Prathikanti's research helped to eliminate this concern.

If you feel depressed or have a history of depression, yoga will help you better manage. Yoga is not a substitute for traditional depression therapy, but there is increasing evidence that yoga exercises will help you fight depression by using your healing power of your body and mind.

Depression Yoga is a 15-minute yoga exercise that helps regain and restore the balance between physical and mood. Adapt to your nervous system with conscious yoga and reach your brain and body in a powerful way. Focus on breathing, this yoga practice will be kind, accept, periodically practice and urge you to heal naturally.

Since the 1970 's, meditation and other decompression surgery has been studied as a treatment for depression and anxiety. Practice such as yoga is not attracting much attention in medical literature, but popularity has increased in recent decades. For example, according to a nationwide survey, about 7.5% of American adults tried yoga at least once and last year they practice yoga nearly 4%. Yoga classes range from gentle to adaptable to suffering and difficulty, and style choices tend to be based on physical abilities and personal preferences. Hatha Yoga is the most common yoga practice in the United States, combining the three elements of body style, what is called body style, breathing and body movement, and short term deep relaxation or meditation.