Only in recent years is our culture starting to recognize this as a major benefit to our health. Yoga not only benefits our emotional health, but it also has great benefits for the physical health of the body. Yoga is a natural way to reduce emotional stress and cause beneficial effects on the body. Diamond from 2011 stated in his article on the health benefits of yoga that patients who are in chronic states of stress have a decrease in natural killer cells in addition to a decrease in their cytotoxicity. In other words, due to the emotional stress the patient is subjected to, his immune system will decrease, giving him less chance or prolonged chance of recovery. This simple test highlights the great impact of stress on a person's health. In addition to that, Diamond 2011 also reports that there is an increase in natural killer cells after a patient performs such exercises. This increases the functioning of the immune system, benefiting and promoting the patient's well-being. Yoga can be prescribed to any patient, even if it is just simple breathing exercises where the patient relaxes the mind by focusing on breathing. Yoga is a natural exercise that does not interact with drugs and has endless benefits for the mind and body, therefore it should be focused more in the hospital environment for the sick
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