A Yoga for Stroke Recovery class is available on the online platform MyYogaTeacher to help stroke survivors practice rehabilitation exercises at home.
Yoga For Stroke Recovery Class
Yoga, which includes asanas, breathing exercises, and meditation, helps to balance the immune, cardiovascular, respiratory, and endocrine systems, as well as the neurological system of the body .
The online platform MyYogaTeacher offers a Yoga for Stroke Recovery class to assist stroke survivors in practicing rehabilitation exercises at home in conjunction with their healthcare provider’s treatment. The goal of this class is to assist individuals in recovering from the debilitating physical and psychological effects of stroke. This online class meets three times per week.
Class includes:
– Joint exercises to loosen the hands, wrists, and ankles
– Breathing exercises like humming like a bee and alternate nostril breathing, which is called pranayama in Sanskrit;
-A variety of physical poses, such as ardhakati chakrasana, trikonasana, vrikshasana, vakrasana, gomukhasana, and setubandhasana (in Sanskrit).
Meditation;
-and techniques for deep relaxation.
Healthy Lifestyle
Statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicate that approximately 185,000 of the nearly 800,000 strokes that occur annually in the United States are recurring strokes. More than half of stroke survivors aged 65 and older suffer from reduced mobility, and approximately 87% of all strokes are ischemic strokes, in which blood flow to the brain is blocked.
The CDC has identified high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, obesity, diabetes, and other risk factors as major risk factors for stroke, and some of its most important stroke prevention recommendations are as follows: a healthy diet; preserving a healthy body weight; maintaining an active lifestyle; controlling diabetes and high blood pressure; and heart disease treatment.
Zaeem Zaidi
Zaeem Zaidi, a scientist, yoga researcher, and certified yoga instructor who teaches the Yoga for Stroke Recovery , says that practicing yoga, which includes asanas (physical poses), breathing exercises, and meditation, can help balance the immune, cardiovascular, respiratory, and endocrine systems as well as the body’s neurological system.
Zaidi explained that research has demonstrated that yoga and mindfulness improve overall health by improving memory function, self-awareness, compassion, and even gray matter density in addition to reducing the physical effects of stress and other chronic conditions.
Additionally, Zaidi argues that yoga’s anti-cardiovascular effects should be practiced by stroke survivors and that previous cardiovascular health research supports its inclusion in cardiac rehabilitation programs. Heart rate variability, blood pressure, body weight, lipid profile, glucose levels, and even left ventricular systolic function have all improved as a result of yoga.
Zaidi hopes that each stroke survivor taking this class will think about adding a weekly private training session to the group class so that each person’s needs and problems can be properly addressed.
MyYogaTeacher
For non-members, the Yoga for Stroke Recovery is part of a 14-day free trial that includes unlimited group classes, two 60-minute private sessions, and access to group class recordings in the event that they are unable to attend the live classes. This class is also available to all My YogaTeacher subscribers. On the MyYogaTeacher homepage, interested parties can sign up for the free trial.
provides online live private and group yoga classes where instructors can see, hear, and provide helpful feedback to ensure that students practice safely and correctly. now offers over 40 daily group classes that cover a wide range of yoga styles (including Kundalini, Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Yin, restorative, and others), as well as classes on pain, injury, and mental health. There are also classes on stretching, breathing, and meditation. Monthly subscriptions cost $49 and are billed every four weeks.