You’re about to listen to the 100th episode of Wisdom for Wellbeing! (AKA Episode 20 of Season 5.) It feels perfectly suited that we’ll be talking about the research evidence of yoga, what conditions are benefited from yoga, what styles are best, and when folks should actually avoid yoga. But first, thank you for being here and being a part of this community. It is an absolute honour to drop into your earbuds and to be a resource in your journey to cultivating mental health and wellbeing in your life.
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What is covered in this episode:
Published articles can be found here.
- Yoga as a non-pharmacological, multimodal therapeutic and preventative lifestyle
- Understand different styles of yoga and the benefits of these
- Consider what yoga practice suits different health concerns
- The power of breathing practices
- How you can use yoga philosophy as a health practice
- Considerations of the risk/safety of yoga
Professor Holger Cramer
Holger Cramer, PhD is a full professor for research in complementary medicine at the University of Tübingen, Germany, as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Southern Cross University in Lismore, Australia. He further is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine (JICM; formerly JACM), and President of the International Society for Traditional, Complementary, & Integrative Medicine Research (ISCMR). Holger has published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles on the utilization, efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological interventions. He is a clinical psychologist, medical scientist and state-licensed naturopath, and holds an honorary doctorate in yoga from S-VYASA University in India.
