Breathe Deep: Dan Moricoli on Yoga and Recovering From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Apr 2015
Summary
Gentle yoga folded into a broader rehabilitation program of pacing and heart-rate-based exercise, later developed into a regular practice of two Hatha classes a week combined with Kundalini yoga and meditation. His illness began suddenly and severely, with seizure-like symptoms and severe exercise intolerance; exact duration before starting yoga is not given. About two years before this 2015 profile he began studying yoga more seriously, and he reports it dramatically reduced his ME/CFS symptoms and was the key element in his recovery routine alongside pacing and exercise. The article describes him as having largely recovered. He maintains the Hatha, Kundalini, and meditation practice as an ongoing routine rather than something he stopped once well, and no relapse is mentioned.
What they credit
Credits Graded exercise / graded activity, Meditation, yoga, breathwork, Pacing and the energy envelope.
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