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Despite a wide body of research, we still do not know the mechanism by which yoga produces these effects in the body and in our psyche. Yoga therapy is a young discipline in the West, and the research so far is applying scientific methods that exclusively focus on the discrete effects of particular practices and biochemical changes. As Michael Lee suggests, “exclusive focus on discrete effects ignores the reality of the yoga of Patanjali… This limited view gives rise to the second, and perhaps more significant, impact. The focus on the evaluation of yoga using a cause-and-effect model tends to discount the potential of yoga to address the complex issues underlying the condition being studied.”26 Yet “the reason why yoga therapies are so effective, both in preventive medicine and in assisting conventional treatment, is because Yoga addresses all 3 aspects of wellness—physical, mental and spiritual,” writes Dr D. Sarkar,27 vascular surgeon and certified yoga therapist.

Swami Kuvalayananda writes in Yogic Therapy, “Yoga regards no disease as a local affection [sic] but as a critical change in the body system as a whole.”28 He writes further, “no disease, according to Yoga, can be completely cured by the practice of one single posture (asana) or even mudra, nor, for that matter with the performance of these yogic exercises (asanas) alone. All these are part of a composite treatment.” The reality of Patanjali’s Yoga (as outlined in the Sutras) is “clearly defined as a transformational process,” claims Michael Lee, in his recent article.29