Yoga is a good way to relax and stay away from stress. Another benefit for yoga has been seen. Yoga classes can also help against depression, as a study shows.
People can suffer from depression, though there are those who have a major depressive disorder (MDD). This type of depression can be recurring. It could also leave a person feeling helpless. Even with medication, many who have depression might not fully recover and have it come back at some point.
The study has found that yoga classes as well as deep breathing classes twice a week can help people who are suffering from depression. For the study, people with depression were put into one of two groups. One group has three 90 minute yoga sessions per week along with home practice. The other group has two 90 minute yoga classes per week with home practice.
People in the more intensive yoga group have less symptoms of depression after the study. However, the researchers have said that even those in the less intense yoga group can benefit from it. Yoga classes done twice a week might be less of a burden for most people, according to Science Daily.
The study's corresponding author, Chris Streeter, M.D. is a psychiatrist at Boston Medical Center and an associate professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine. He has said that yoga and deep breathing can be used as interventions for people who aren't taking antidepressants. Yoga can also be a good intervention for people who are taking antidepressants but whose symptoms are not yet relieved, as Eureka Alert reports.
One advantage that yoga has is that it doesn't have any side effects. Antidepressants can have side effects on people who take them. He has said that yoga and deep breathing can be explored by medical practitioners as an alternative for patients who are depressed. The study has found that yoga classes can help against depression. A study has found that sleep trackers can actually add more sleeping problems.
