Yoga May Help Seasonal Affective Disorder

If you feel foggy, fatigued and depressed during the winter months, you may be among the 10 to 20 percent of adults who experience mild seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Symptoms include anxiety, weight gain, oversleeping, and social withdrawal. Although SAD is linked to lack of sunlight, in addition to supplementing with Vitamin D, try yoga. Yoga poses involving the crown chakra, or the top of the head, may stimulate the pineal gland, which produces the feel-good hormones serotonin and melatonin, and helps regulate circadian and seasonal rhythms.