Yoga for Arthritis: Clinical Evidence, Immune Mechanisms, and What Really Helps People Practice

Can yoga do more than improve flexibility for people with arthritis? This episode explores clinical and patient-centered evidence showing how yoga helps restore immune balance, reduce inflammation, and slow immune aging in rheumatoid arthritis while also addressing real-world barriers and facilitators to sustainable practice. Together, these studies offer an evidence-based look at how yoga works biologically and how it can be meaningfully integrated into daily life as a complementary therapy for arthritis.