European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ROLE OF YOGA IN INFERTILITY

Dr. Garima Srivastava* and Dr. Mansi Verma

ABSTRACT

Infertility has become a major disorder in present scenario due to the increasing mental stress, lack of exercise and changing lifestyle. It has a strong impact on the psychological and social well-being of the couples. Various treatment modalities like hormonal therapy, assisted reproductive technology are able to give hope to the patients but have unsatisfactory results, huge expenses and lot of side effects. Even the psychological impact of infertility treatment itself can lead to increased stress and anxiety. Yoga can prove very beneficial in management of infertility both at physical and mental level. By regular practicing the Yoga poses the reproductive organs get strengthen, the neuro-mascular co-ordination is improved and the hormonal imbalance gets corrected. In addition, the relaxation induced by meditation helps to stabilize the autonomic nervous system and thus make a person more resilient to the stress and anxiety. Therefore in the present study a review is presented on stress management through Yoga along with description of various Asanas important in infertility.

Keywords: Infertility, Stress, Yoga, Asana.