YOGA

Yoga is a therapeutic system of physical postures and breathing techniques which originated in ancient India. Yoga is considered a holistic approach to health and is classified by the National Institutes of Health as a form of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The regular practice of yoga promotes strength, endurance, flexibility and facilitates characteristics of self-control, while cultivating a sense of calmness and well-being. The practice of yoga also produces a physiological state opposite to that of the flight-or-fight stress response and with that interruption in the stress response, a sense of balance and union between the mind and body can be achieved.