Pre-reading questions:
- Do you exercise regularly?
- What are the exercises you know?
Yoga is a system of exercises for mental and physical health. A new research suggests that the calming poses and deep breathing exercises of yoga might help people deal with depression since not all people take medications for this kind of disorder. Doctors recommend weekly yoga sessions to keep calm and ease the symptoms of patients such as hopelessness and sadness.
Vocabulary:
calming [adjective] – without rough motion
depression [noun] – a mental illness in which a person is very unhappy and worried for long periods and cannot have a normal life during these periods
medication [noun] – process of treating a person or disease with medicine
recommend [verb] – suggestion
ease [verb] – freedom from pain or trouble
symptom [noun] – a change in the body or mind which indicates that a disease is present
True or False:
- Yoga is a system of exercises for mental and physical health.
- A new research suggests that the flashy poses and short breathing exercises of yoga might help people deal with depression.
- Most people without depression take medication.
- Doctors recommend weekly yoga sessions to keep calm and ease the symptoms of these patients.