649: Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis with Garth McLean
Age Less / Live More
Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Every form of exercise has its strengths. Yoga is particularly good at reducing inflammation, training the nervous system, and reducing stress and stress hormones. For someone struggling with the autoimmune condition, multiple sclerosis (MS), yoga has a lot to offer. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet an Iyengar Yoga teacher whose personal journey with MS informs his teaching and work.
Listen and learn:
- The four types of MS and how they differ
- The role of heat and inflammation in triggering MS episodes
- The importance of finding a fitness routine that matches your needs, not just your desires
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Garth McLean is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher, internationally recognized for his work in managing multiple sclerosis (MS) through yoga. After being diagnosed with MS in 1996, Garth used the practice of Iyengar Yoga to help manage his symptoms, which sparked a deep passion for therapeutic yoga. He teaches workshops around the world focused on how yoga can be a tool for neurological and autoimmune conditions. Garth is also the author of the book Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Practical Guide for People with MS and Yoga Teachers, which provides insights and practical techniques for using yoga as a therapeutic tool for those living with MS.
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| 0:00.0 | When you start searching around for yoga classes, you'll find no shortage of yoga for, fill in the |
| 0:07.3 | blank, yoga for sleep, yoga for digestion, yoga for back pain. And some of these things are really, |
| 0:12.6 | really obvious logical choices, meaning it's really clear why you'd use a yoga practice for back |
| 0:18.5 | pain, for example. But it's not so obvious why you'd use or might use yoga for migraines. |
| 0:24.2 | Today we'll talk about yoga for muscular sclerosis, which is an autoimmune condition. |
| 0:29.5 | And while on its head, it's not so obvious why yoga might be a go-to form of fitness, |
| 0:35.4 | but once you dive deeper, you realize the anti-inflammatory benefits, |
| 0:40.5 | the nervous system balancing effects, and the stress modulating effects of yoga. |
| 0:45.5 | Make it something that probably anyone with autoimmune condition that responds to inflammation |
| 0:50.5 | should probably consider. |
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