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DEAR DOCTOR K: I know yoga has a lot of physical benefits, but is it true yoga can help reduce stress aswell?

DEAR READER: Many people initially come to yoga to become physically fit, but they soon discover the psychological benefits. In addition to being great exercise, yoga is one of the best antidotes to the stress of modernliving.

The first person I ever knew who regularly practiced yoga was an intense and ambitious young doctor. Any conversation with him was short and difficult; he completed your sentences for you and interrupted you at will. He was very

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DEAR DOCTOR K: I know yoga has a lot of physical benefits, but is it true yoga can help reduce stress aswell?

DEAR READER: Many people initially come to yoga to become physically fit, but they soon discover the psychological benefits. In addition to being great exercise, yoga is one of the best antidotes to the stress of modernliving.

The first person I ever knew who regularly practiced yoga was an intense and ambitious young doctor. Any conversation with him was short and difficult; he completed your sentences for you and interrupted you at will. He was very smart and had a lot of valuable things to say, but that didnt mean you looked forward to talking withhim.

Then something odd happened. I had a conversation with him in which he didnt interrupt me. A few weeks later, I had another. What was going on? I learned from his wife that shed suggested, strongly, that he try yoga and he lovedit.

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