Breathing exercises and yoga therapy as a means ofpsychological correction and functional state of elderly people suffering hypertension
The article substantiates the effectiveness of the use of breathing exercises and yoga therapy in elderly people suffering from hypertension. In the course of experimental studies, indicators of physical health (body length, body weight, BMI), functional state (BP, heart rate, respiratory rate), and quality of life were analyzed. The use of an experimental technique based on the use of breathing exercises in combination with yoga therapy in a comprehensive program of physical rehabilitation of elderly people suffering from hypertension, made it possible to achieve more pronounced positive shifts in the tested indicators in the experimental group of respondents compared to control, engaged in the generally accepted program.