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But is there any difference in the effects of religiosity and spirituality on our health factors? This was the question Daaleman and colleagues25 considered when they looked at 277 geriatric outpatients living in the community and the interaction between religion, spirituality, and the perception of health status. Interestingly, the results showed that there is a difference. The findings confirmed that greater spirituality, but not greater religiosity, is correlated with patients’ appraisal of good health. So higher spirituality, but not necessarily religiosity, means better health. It also confirmed that we perceive ourselves as healthier when we are more spiritual.

And what about spirituality and yoga? We know that it brings about better health, but does yoga relate to spirituality? How relevant is it? Does the research confirm the correlation between the effects of yoga and the pancha kosha model—the multilevel of existence, which incorporates the spiritual level as well?