{"id":862,"date":"2022-11-03T12:38:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T11:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simy.se\/?page_id=862"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:36:28","slug":"om-yoga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simy.se\/en\/om-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"About Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About Yoga<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u00a0Yoga in Health & Medical Care and as Wellness<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Yoga has been practised for over 5000 years and has developed into a recognised method of promoting health globally. By combining physical and mental exercises, yoga is used today to support health care and treatment of various medical conditions. The WHO and the UN recognise the potential of yoga to prevent and manage lifestyle-related diseases.<\/p>

Inom h\u00e4lso- & sjukv\u00e5rden inriktas yoga att anv\u00e4ndas som komplement och underst\u00f6d till standardbehandling samt som egenv\u00e5rd. Medicinsk yoga har l\u00e4nge anv\u00e4nts i h\u00e4lso- och sjukv\u00e5rd. F\u00f6r att s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla att yoga kan till\u00e4mpas med robusthet och trov\u00e4rdighet har MOSI-ramverket (Medical Yoga Standardiserad Intervention) utvecklats. Detta ramverk underst\u00f6djer appliceringen och s\u00e4kerst\u00e4ller att yoga implementeras p\u00e5 ett standardiserat, evidensbaserat och s\u00e4kert s\u00e4tt i v\u00e5rden, vilket m\u00f6jligg\u00f6r skalbarhet och vidare forskning f\u00f6r framtida v\u00e5rdinsatser.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Definitions and explanations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Yoga<\/strong>
According to India's Ministry of AYUSH and the WHO-GCTM (World Health Organization - Global Centre for Traditional Medicine), yoga is \"A spiritual discipline based on a subtle science, focusing on creating harmony between mind and body. The word yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root 'yuj', which means 'to unite' or 'to bind together'.\" Classical Yoga, according to Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, includes eight elements known as \"the eightfold path of Yoga\". There are hundreds of different forms of yoga.<\/p>

Yoga Therapy<\/strong>
Defined by the WHO-GCTM as the application of yogic principles to physical, physiological, psychological, social and spiritual well-being.<\/p>

Defined by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) as \"The professional application of the principles and practices of yoga to promote health and well-being in a therapeutic relationship that includes personalised assessment, goal setting, lifestyle management and yoga practices for individuals or small groups.\"<\/p>

Medical Yoga<\/strong>
Medical yoga is an umbrella term for yoga used for various medical purposes. \"Because a wide variety of practices are exhibited in yoga, medical yoga can take many different forms\"\u00a0<\/span>(Stephens 2017).<\/p>

MediYoga<\/strong>
MediYoga \u00e4r en svenskutvecklad form av medicinsk och terapeutisk yoga med r\u00f6tter i kundaliniyoga. Den best\u00e5r av yogaprogram och praktiker som anv\u00e4nds f\u00f6r h\u00e4lsa, \u00e5terh\u00e4mtning och balans vid olika behov och h\u00e4lsotillst\u00e5nd.<\/p>

MOSI (Medical Yoga Standardised Intervention)<\/strong>
MOSI \u00e4r ett kliniskt ramverk och en standardiserad yogaintervention, utvecklad f\u00f6r att st\u00e4rka implementering, kvalitet, forskning och skalbarhet i h\u00e4lso- och sjukv\u00e5rden. MOSI omfattar ett definierat teoretiskt ramverk, en strukturerad metodguide, standardprogram och en praktisk modell f\u00f6r att st\u00f6dja v\u00e5rdpersonal i att erbjuda evidensbaserad yogatr\u00e4ning som komplement till standardbehandling, rehabilitering och f\u00f6rebyggande v\u00e5rd.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Om Yoga \u00a0Yoga i H\u00e4lso- & Sjukv\u00e5rden och som Friskv\u00e5rd Yoga har praktiserats i \u00f6ver 5000 \u00e5r och har utvecklats till en erk\u00e4nd metod f\u00f6r att fr\u00e4mja h\u00e4lsa globalt. Genom att kombinera fysiska och mentala \u00f6vningar anv\u00e4nds yoga idag f\u00f6r att st\u00f6dja h\u00e4lsov\u00e5rd och behandling av olika medicinska tillst\u00e5nd. 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