How yoga helps
Parkinson’s patients
A Colorado State University doctoral student has merged occupational
therapy (OT) with yoga to help those with Parkinson’s disease reduce their
risk of falling. We already know the benefits of yoga to people with
Parkinson’s, with a 2014 study showing a huge improvement in
participants’ stability and ability to walk, which significantly reduced
their risk of falling. But OT and yoga seem to be the perfect companions
—with preliminary findings showing that participants reported a 40 per
cent decrease in the number of falls during the intervention (combining
yoga and OT) compared to yoga alone.
You may remember the world’s biggest tantric yoga
school, based in Thailand, closing late last year after
sexual allegations by 14 women were published in The
Guardian. The women claimed that Agama Yoga was
facilitating rape, sexual assault and misogynist
teachings by their guru, Swami Vivekananda
Saraswati. While the school has been stripped of its
Yoga Alliance stamp of approval, they have recently
re-opened for business, with the Swami returning to
teach. Although Agama has made no public
statements since resuming business, they have
introduced a number of workshops on
the topic of ‘boundaries and consent’ in relation
to the tantric teachings.
SCANDALOUS TANTRA YOGA
SCHOOL RE-OPENS AFTER
SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIMS