The Yog Project

Research suggests that up to 80 percent of people suffer from back pain atleast once in a while.

Chronic back pain directly affects all areas of a person's life. It doesn't just hurt physically, but also leads to emotional turmoil due to suffering, failed treatments, dependence on medication, social isolation, difficulties at work and emotional distress.

Ways it can affect your quality of life:

Lower self esteem and depression:Years of chronic back pain and fatigue that have prevented you from meeting your life goals can have a disastrous effect on your self-esteem. While dealing with chronic pain, it can sometimes feel like you are not able to do anything worthwhile. Several studies have found links between back pain and depression, whereby the worse the back pain, the worse the depression

Relationships: Dealing with constant pain can affect one's productivity at work and as well as their personal relationships. Not being able to complete household chores or contribute financially can alter the dynamics in the family.

Mood Swings: The lingering pain makes them moody and kills their concentration. A study found that the number of physical symptoms like back pain and neck pain a patient experienced was highly predictive of mood disorders.

What can you do about it?
Instead of numbing the pain by taking painkillers, applying heating packs and taking other such palliative care measures to sedate the pain, identify the root cause of the pain and get treated as soon as possible. The root cause usually is weak core muscles.

Postures in yoga gently strengthen the muscles in the back, as well as the abdominal muscles, helping the body maintain proper upright posture and movement. When these muscles are well conditioned, back pain can be greatly reduced or avoided.

Yoga isn’t just beneficial for improving core strength, flexibility, and stress levels; it can also help you sleep better—especially if you suffer from insomnia.
When people who have insomnia perform yoga on a daily basis, they sleep for longer, fall asleep faster, and return to sleep more quickly if they wake up in the middle of the night😴

Pictures from sundays workshop

The Yog project's very first Yoga workshop on stress and anxiety.

Thank you Nritya - Forum for Performing Arts for helping to make it successful, also to the volunteer team of Mobbera Foundation very inspiring and spontaneously.❤

penmatsa welcome to the team💫

The most beautiful part about the whole workshop were the participants. It was really nice to know that people do care about their mental health and the importance of fitness in their daily lives.🎉

Yoga can help you strengthen your body, quiet and focus your mind, relieve tension, increase your awareness, improve your quality of life, and change how you see the world.
It truly has a profound and lasting effect on how you treat yourself and others.💫

We all experience emotional ups and downs from time to time caused by events in our lives.

The le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender, questionaire (LGBTQ) community faces mental health conditions just like the rest of the population. However, they may experience more negative mental health outcomes due to prejudice and other biases.

LGBTQ individuals are almost 3 times more likely than others to experience depression, anxiety, suicidal tendencies due to the fear of coming out and being discriminated against for sexual orientation and gender identities.

As a community, LGBTQ individuals do not often talk about mental health and may lack awareness about mental health conditions. This sometimes prevents people from seeking the treatment and support.

Practice of pranayam and different Yoga relaxation techniques have been proven to reduce stress, anxiety and calm down mind

Join us as we take a step forward in collaboration with Mobbera Foundation in creating mental health awareness among the community.