Benefit of Yoga, & Best Yoga Packages

Below, see the benefit of yoga. There’s also links for discussions of the benefits of yoga for women, for benefits of yoga for men, the benefits of gentle yoga, the benefits of yoga for seniors, & more. In addition, in the sub-menus, you’ll see separate pages about benefits of yin yoga weight loss, plus for relationships, sleep, anxiety, immune system, menopause, menstruation, trauma, breath meditation, and more.

In addition, you’ll see a list of 117 conditions that are helped, reduced, or even prevented by yoga.

Dr McCall’s list of 117 conditions helped by yoga

Dr McCall is a medical doctor and yoga therapist. Earlier, he was the medical editor of Yoga Journal. He has recently published his updated list of 117 conditions or situations helped by yoga.

You’ll see it below.

In his note with the updated list, he says:

“This all started out in 2007 with the publication of my book “Yoga As Medicine”. In the “Science of Yoga” chapter, I included a list of 43 conditions that medical studies suggested yoga benefitted.

… Now it’s up to 117 conditions.

My PDF contains over 40 pages of references, listing the scientific studies by condition.”

Check out his fabulous list. It’s lower down this page.

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What students have told me over 25 years of teaching

I (Chris Lalor) am not surprised by the extent of Dr McCall’s list.

It’s consistent with what I regularly see in my teaching at Flametree Yoga.

In my 25 years as of yoga teacher, the most surprising thing is that so many of the various health professionals know little, or nothing, about how yoga can help.

Even worse, many of them actively (but unknowingly) give inaccurate information about yoga.

Sadly, I’ve seen students either stop yoga on the advice of their health professional, or be actually hurt or set back by them.

Poll on what students get from yoga

The Yoga Alliance is a global organisation of yoga students and teachers. A survey of their members found that the top five reasons for starting yoga are:

• flexibility (61 percent),
• stress relief (56 percent),
• general fitness (49 percent),
• improved overall health (49 percent), and
• physical fitness (44 percent).

In 2017, another large organisation, did a survey of of 2, 610 people who do yoga. They found that 80.4% of them felt that yoga contributed to healing of an injury or pain in their body.

Other surveys show yoga students say they get these benefits:

• flexibility
• physical strength
• de-stressing
• pain relief
• avoiding upsets
• compassion & love
• self confidence
• spirituality
• focus
• general fitness & health.

We know that many have personal or particular inquiries about the benefits of yoga for women, for benefits of yoga for men, the benefits of gentle yoga, the benefits of yoga for seniors, & much more. If there are other questions about yoga for anything, please reach out to us via the Customer Service Contacts.

Dr McCall’s list of 117 conditions

Dr McCall freely shares his Table above, There’s also a PDF that contains over 40 pages of references, listing the scientific studies by condition. Embedded hyperlinks in his 40 pages will take you to the study’s abstract, or if available, to a free, full-text version of the study.

Pages on this site about specific benefits

Below, or at the links in this paragraph, there are also links for discussions of the benefits of yoga for women, (including menopause and menstruation), & for benefits of yoga for men, & the benefits of gentle yoga, & much more.

These pages can also be reached via the sub-menus under this BENEFITS tab. For example, there are separate pages about benefits of yin yoga weight loss, benefits of yoga for seniors, as well as for relationships, sleep, anxiety, immune system, trauma, breath meditation, and more.

• General benefits of yoga
• Yoga for weight control, or reduction
• Yoga for relationships
• Yoga to uplift mood, blues, & even depression
• Yoga for better sleep
• Personal growth benefits of yoga, including happiness, courage, empathy, trust
• Yoga for trauma and PTSD
• Immune system, inflammation & COVID19 connections
• Yoga for menopause symptoms relief
• Yoga for menstruation challenges
• Yoga for MEN
• Yoga for seniors
• Yoga & mindfulness for stress
• Benefits of doing Online yoga & meditation
• Yoga packages for greater Darwin
• Yoga compared to gym

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Benefits of Yoga are evident on our “Class Type” pages too

You’ll also find out more about the benefit of Flametree’s yoga under the “Class Types” Tab, via the links below.

• Yoga For Back Pain & Recovery
• Women’s Only Female Health Classes
• Yoga For Seniors or 50+ Class
• De-Stressing With Restorative Yoga
• Breath Meditation & Pranayama
• Slow Or Gentle Yoga

For even more about the benefits of yoga, see the topics and studies on the site of the American Iyengar Association.

What students say about Flametree Yoga and it’s benefits

If you’re still not sure about yoga, or a private class, check out these genuine reviews of what customers say about their yoga classes at Flametree.

In addition, you’ll hear about the wide range of benefits they say they have received from both online or in-the-studio yoga at Flametree.

There are also longer stories by students about what they’ve got from yoga. Some of these stories are also on the Flametree blog.

Or come along to the next Yoga Beginners Introduction, in-studio or online.

When it’s useful, a first time yoga student is encouraged to use yoga pose blocks. It’s one of the unique features of the type of hatha yoga you’ll learn. So, unlike vinyasa yoga, & other different styles of yoga, props take the hard work out of doing yoga in a way that gets you yoga’s maximum benefits.