Yoga in Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

Yoga as a system of physical/mental/spiritual practices providing holistic well-being has received increasing attention over the last few decades.

Yoga as a therapeutic science has been an object of study, with a high number of scientific publications in different medical disciplines demonstrating great therapeutic effects and benefits for both physical and mental/cognitive health. 

This Special Issue “Yoga in Medicine” intends to collect valuable articles on yoga as a medical approach for different pathologies in various medical fields, such as:

• Yoga in cardiology for cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart disease, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, arrhythmia and vasovagal syncope;
• Yoga in internal medicine for metabolic syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory markers and the immune system;
• Yoga in neurology/psychology for stress, anxiety, and burnout;
• Yoga in pneumology;
• Yoga in orthopedics/physiatry for chronic pain, pain-associated disorders, and disc herniation;
• Yoga in occupational and preventive medicine and public health;
• Yoga in geriatrics;
• Yoga for neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and dementia;
• Yoga for insomnia;
• Yoga for eating disorders;
• Yoga in pregnancy;
• Yoga for adolescent problems;
• Yoga in school and university education.

Prof. Dr. Maria Giovanna Gandolfi
Guest Editor

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• yoga
• yoga therapy
• asana
• medicine
• embodied discipline
• mindful movement
• concentrative practice
• breathing
• cardiovascular diseases
• inflammatory markers
• irritable bowel
• musculoskeletal disorders
• discs herniation