Does yoga help with depression?

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

I don't know

[WeaponZero]

It depends. Trying to attempt yoga poses and exercises that are currently beyond your level of fitness and proficiency is frustrating and make things worse. When it comes to fitness as a natural antidepressant or coping mechanism it is very important to keep it to things that are well within your current capacity. After all, trying and failing when you're already battling serious depression and a heavily damaged ego is only going to make you feel worse.

[WeaponZero]

In fact I'm going to go ahead and say if that's the reason you're doing it you should step it back just a little bit from the level you'd he pushing yourself to if fitness really was your goal. You'll still get stronger and fitter, it'll just happen at a slower rate.

[JustinCaseUDontKnow]

Yes it calms the mind down and clears your thinking

[xHoneyxBeex]

It can, yes. Yoga has a lot of health benefits! It can be very calming, relaxing, and beneficial for a person's peace of mind. So if you're having issues with depression, I would definitely recommend at least trying it :)

[Mustachekitteh]

Yes it does. Any kind of exercise helps with depression.

[cat_cole5]

I believe it does, because it gets down to your inner emotions and what is going on inside of you.

[kaminalove]

Yes, it helped me a lot. Esp the breathing exercises

[CaLi-GiRl]

Haha when I tried yoga I got depressed!!! I went to Zumba instead and it helped a ton!

[Anonymous]

Yes, I've heard/read that it does. Yoga has also helped my boyfriend with his depression

[Anonymous]

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[Klaatu51]

yeah... it relaxes yr mind :)

[Anonymous]

Any sort of exercise can help with depression

[emerald77]

It helped me a lot!