In the world of aesthetic medicine, where our services focus on outward beauty, people often forget about the mind. With its origins more than 5,000 years old in Indian philosophy, yoga is an ancient practice for the unification of body and mind, combining physical postures, rhythmic breathing and meditation.1,2 Meditation is one of the modalities used in Ayurveda, the comprehensive natural healthcare system originating from the Vedic times of India, which is now commonly used as complementary healthcare in the western world.3 According to recent research by Bupa Global, meditation is the UK’s favourite form of wellbeing therapy, with over a quarter of adults (26%) using it to improve their mental wellbeing in the past five years.4 Meditation is also the most popular complementary health approach used in the US, with a report from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey finding that…
