YOGA: A source of light for Diabetic World

Diabetes, in various forms, has affected up to 5 percent of the world population with 12 million diabetics in Western Europe alone. Of the different ways in which diabetes presents, Type I diabetes is probably the most commonly encountered genetic disease. Type II diabetes is multifactorial, depending also on environmental factors including obesity, sedentary lifestyles and nutritional imbalances. Diabetes affects almost all our major organs such as the heart, the nerves, the eyes and the kidneys and can lead to both long and short term complications. Keeping your blood sugar close to the normal level is the best way to reduce the risk of complications. This can be done through exercise and physical activity and taking medications.

Yoga has shown some beneficial results in curing diabetes. The yoga exercises that are prescribed for curing diabetes is different from hatha yoga exercise because it involves positions tailored to treat certain conditions, as well as meditation, relaxation and stretching exercises.

Dr. Phulgenda Sinha, director of the Institute of Yoga in Patna, India, and Washington D.C., and author of Yogic Cures for Chronic Diseases, states, "The yogic treatment restores the normal functioning of the pancreas and other glands of the endocrinal system. When these glands begin to function properly, the individual is fully cured of the diabetic disorders and his health is restored to normal level."

It is very much true that yoga cannot cure diabetes, but it can complement the lifestyle changes which are necessary to keep symptoms in Diabetes under control. Yoga exercises in combination with relaxation training, reduces the blood pressure. Moreover, it reduces the harmful effects of physical and mental stress, which increases the blood glucose. Diabetes is an age-old disease that has been treated successfully in the Eastern world by various effective Yoga ‘asanas’ that we in the West are just beginning to try.

Here, we are going to discuss certain asanas to control the wide spreading disease. These effective ‘asanas’ would prove to increase blood flow in the body and improve blood sugar processing, while also strengthening the liver, stomach and pancreas. These asanas involve postures, and through postures one can give enough exercise to the affected organs. We would also discuss the two most important breathing exercises that can help alleviate, or even cure, diabetes.

Effective Yoga brings eight ‘asanas’ for diabetes - to give an idea of the wealth of yoga resources.

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