And it did. But of far greater benefit, performing yoga postures daily for five months completely eliminated my need to take insulin or any other anti-diabetic medication. I had required 75 units of insulin each day. It kept me alive but not healthy. Hatha yoga put me back on the road of good health.
All diabetics know that daily aerobic exercise helps control blood sugar and improves circulation.
But hatha yoga offers something ordinary exercise does not. Among the original 84 hatha yoga postures, certain postures have a therapeutic effect upon various organs and glands and can beneficially affect the pancreas and its functions. Of course, since stress further complicates diabetes, the calmative effects of doing hatha yoga also contribute to the reversal of this so-called chronic incurable disease. Additionally, age is no barrier to doing therapeutic hatha yoga. Though many diabetics find it difficult to maintain a regular exercise regimen as they become older, they are still able to maintain an effective hatha yoga regimen.