WELL-BEING AND MENTAL HEALTH OF YOGA PRACTITIONERS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46635/revise.v9ifluxocontinuo.2713Keywords:
Yoga, Mental health, Quality of lifeAbstract
AIMS: To analyze Yoga as a technique with the purpose of improving the quality of life and mental health of its routine practitioners. MÉTHODS: An Integrative Literature Review was performed on the database PubMed, during July 2020, with the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms: “Yoga”, “Mental health” and “Quality of life” combined with the Boolean operator “AND”. RESULTS: Evidence reveals Yoga as adjunctive therapy to neuropsychiatric diseases, including schizophrenia, Burnout Syndrome in health professionals, depression, anxiety, HIV-related psychopathologies, rheumatoid diseases, climacteric disorders, paroxysmal fibrillation, and cancer, bringing improvement of mental health and quality of life for the adults and the elderly. CONCLUSION: Yoga is an important supportive tool in the treatment of various psychic, functional and hormonal disorders, carrying symptoms relieves, such as reduction of anxiety, improvement of concentration, decreased schizophrenia crashes, less frequent musculoskeletal pain, and less severe climacteric, what brings joy and better quality of life. Howsoever, further studies, such as controlled and randomized clinical trials, are necessary to deepen knowledge about the physiological repercussions of Yoga practice.
