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Yoga for kids may help with physical and mental health [View all]
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“It calms you down. It relaxes your body. It lowers your heart rate. It lowers your respiration and in general it reduces the effects of stress on your body," Murali Doraiswamy, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Duke Medicine, told Ivanhoe.
Dr. Doraiswamy says these relaxation responses can help mild depression and sleep disorders. Yoga may also provide additional benefits for people with schizophrenia and ADHD when combined with standard drugs.
http://m.mysuncoast.com/mobile/health/news/yoga-for-kids-may-help-with-physical-and-mental-health/article_8fc41612-f3c9-11e2-be1f-001a4bcf6878.html
“It calms you down. It relaxes your body. It lowers your heart rate. It lowers your respiration and in general it reduces the effects of stress on your body," Murali Doraiswamy, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Duke Medicine, told Ivanhoe.
Dr. Doraiswamy says these relaxation responses can help mild depression and sleep disorders. Yoga may also provide additional benefits for people with schizophrenia and ADHD when combined with standard drugs.
http://m.mysuncoast.com/mobile/health/news/yoga-for-kids-may-help-with-physical-and-mental-health/article_8fc41612-f3c9-11e2-be1f-001a4bcf6878.html
Better to start out young for yoga.
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