| I've done various Yoga techniques for 35 years. Asanas (postures), prahanyam (breathing), mantra yoga, yoga sutras, and action yoga (karma yoga), and various focused awareness things. I studied with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the Alps for 6 months in 1975, becoming a teacher of Transcendental Meditation. I've found Yoga (of all sorts) is one of the best treatments for diabetes. I was only 12 when I got diabetes in 1965. Today, I'm healthy, stable, strong and joyous, thanks to my yoga practices. They aren't necessarily a direct weight-loss king of deal. I also do several hours a week of intense aerobic exercise--cycling 15 miles, running 4 or 5... But my entire life--how I deal with stress, how I am able to focus my awareness, my degree of self-control--these all flow as a direct result of my yoga practices. Of course, I still take my insulin, test my blood 5-8 times a day, closely scrutinize every bit I put in my mouth... and I do this tedious difficult work joyously and with appreciation BECAUSE of the stability, energy and peace that my lifetime of meditation and yoga has provided.
Namaste,
Michael  | 
