Minimize healthcare cost with yoga and meditation

A study conducted by Benson Henry institute has revealed that yoga and meditation can minimize healthcare cost by 43%.  This means that you should start off with these healing practices at the earliest to bring about healthy changes while saving considerable amount of money.

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The researchers found that these therapeutic practises help to improve both physical and mental health. Yoga and meditation not only cures low blood pressure and cardiovascularissues but also helps to calm down anxiety, stress and depression.

One of the main researchers James E Stahl said, “Our study’s primary finding is that programmes that train patients to elicit the relaxation response can also dramatically reduce healthcare utilisation. These programmes promote wellness and in our environment of constrained healthcare resources, could potentially ease the burden on our health delivery systems at minimal cost and at no real risk.

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The researchers underwent a comparative examination of information right from 2006 to 2014 obtainable at Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR) and information on individuals volunteering in BHI Relaxation Response Resiliency Program. After the analysis, the researchers found out that people who practised yoga and meditation spend less on healthcare services as compared to people who didn’t adapt such practises in their lives.

The research also showed that yoga and meditation practitioners benefitted from musculoskeletal, neurologic, indigestion and cardiovascular diseases.