Yoga As Medicine: The Yogic Prescription For Health And Healing

Course overview

The CE test is based on the book Yoga as Medicine: the Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing (2007, 592 pages) by Timothy McCall, MD, a medical doctor trained in the United States and avid yoga practitioner. Dr. McCall describes the practice of yoga as a technology for promoting health, and – as a major emphasis – presents scientific research that demonstrates the beneficial effects of yoga for ameliorating many common illnesses. This course is intended to correct common misconceptions about yoga and to provide a framework for understanding the conditions under which yoga may be beneficial for a variety of health and mental health issues. The general health benefits of yoga are discussed, followed by a discussion of yoga’s role in treating anxiety and panic attacks, arthritis, asthma, back pain, cancer, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, diabetes, fibromyalgia, headaches, heart disease, high blood pressure, HIV/AIDS, infertility, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, menopause, multiple sclerosis, and obesity. This course is intended for health and mental health professionals who have an interest in integrative and alternative medicine. Course #80-49 | 54 posttest questions