2019-02-01_Australian_Yoga_Journal

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february/march 2019

yogajournal.com.au

NECK PAIN

Meditation may be the answer to easing

recurring or chronic neck pain, a 2015

study in The Journal of Pain suggests,

Researchers found that a majority of study

participants who experienced chronic neck

pain reported a significant reduction in pain

and pain-related complaints after eight

weeks of jyoti meditation practice, a

traditional Indian meditation technique

involving the repetition of mantras and

focus on the third eye.

If you haven’t already

experienced the soothing

powers of yoga firsthand,

there’s ample evidence to

support adding the practice

to your pain-fighting arsenal.

Here, eight types of pain

and how they might benefit

from enlisting your yoga

mat or meditation cushion,

all backed by science.

Yog-ahh

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