Benefits of Thai Yoga Therapy:

• Increases and maintains complete range of motion of the joints

• Relieves muscle soreness

• Helps improve capacity for activity

• Reduces emotional stress

• Relieves muscle-joint stiffness associated with the process of aging

• Elongates and releases the fascia that binds muscles together

• Helps prevent joint sprains, muscle strains, and tears, including preventing re-injury to previous joint and muscle trauma

• Relaxes muscles and eliminates toxic waste products from cells by increasing blood flow to the fatigued area

• Provides greater potentials of physical and athletic skills

• Provides an important adjunct toward recovery during the process of rehabilitation

• A virtual cure for many soft-tissue related disorders such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and tension related headaches

• Improves immune system function, helps increase resistance to infection

• Reduces symptoms of anxiety, stress, and depression

• Enhances the function of the parasympathetic nervous system and other stress-related variables

• May reduce Chemotherapy induced vomiting

• Helps normalize blood sugar levels

• Effective lymphatic drainage modality, reducing and/or eliminating static lymph

• Increases nutrient motility in the body

• Reduces toxicity and lymphatic stagnation in breast tissue and surrounding areas

• Significantly reduces chronic pain

• Lowers blood pressure

• May improve activities of daily living, mood and sleep patterns

• Increases bone density, resorption, formation

• Reduces severity of migraine headaches

• Promotes health related fitness, bone formation and quality of life in menopausal women

• Reduces pain, particularly soft tissue, joint, low back and neck pain

• Improves blood sugar levels of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus

• Beneficial effect on autistic children’s behavior

• Reduces risk of heart attack

• Increases happiness and a sense of well-being

• Helps with weight management

• Practically expresses loving kindness

• Activates experience of Joy

• Integrates mind, body, and spirit

  * Source: Ayurveda of Thailand: Indigenous Traditional Thai Medicine and Yoga Therapy by Anthony B. James