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 Factoids:
There is a strong tradition of medicine as healing, not only curing.
Throughout medical literature and the recommendations of professional
associations, there has always been a call for the physician to care about an
individual’s emotional and spiritual well-being as well as physical
health.
Contrary to popular dogmatism
about Yoga - the word "Yoga" is all about the many spiritual disciplines of the
Hindu religion (and to some extent found within Hinduism's offshoots: Buddhism,
the Sikh and Jain religions). The words "yoga" and "religion" essentially carry
the same definition; i.e., "to yoke" ("yuj/yoga") to the Spirit and "to link or
bind" ("religio") to the Spirit.
Other interesting factoids:
• 82% of the U.S.
population believe in prayer.
• 79% of U.S. patients
believe that spiritual faith can help one recover from illness, injury, or
disease. 63% believed that doctors should talk to them about their spiritual
life.
• In one study, 56% of
families identified religion as the most important factor in helping them cope
with a loved one's illness.
• Participation in
religious worship resulted in significant reductions in a wide variety of
psychiatric symptoms including depression and anxiety.
• Patients who were
visited by a spiritual care provider in a hospital got better faster and
enhanced their readiness to return home. This was felt to be because the visits
helped them to feel more hopeful.
•Surveys show that 85% of
Canadians believe in God, yet only one in four regularly attend (religious)
services. People believe that there are many ways to reflect their spirituality.
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