Considering current times, we need stress reduction where ever we can get it. Some interesting intel.

Yoga, meditation, various breathing techniques, etc, no doubt have wide range of potential benefits via relaxation response, lowering cortisol, BP, etc, improving autonomic systems. This paper examines the effects of breathing techniques (1)

I have been using mindful meditation techniques for some time in an attempt to improve on all that, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. Dr Zinn has lead the way with the programs used in major hospital for stress reduction and is a western trained scientist.(2)

Just out, objective improvements in immunity - via increased numbers of CD4+, CD8+,T-cells, natural killer cells IFNNK, CD+16 and other immune markers - and subjective improvements in quality of life with yoga and prostate cancer:

https://www.cancernetwork.com/view/y...rostate-cancer

It appears finding that approach that allows one to tap into the response, be it meditation, yoga, tie chi and so forth is the “trick.” There's no reason to assume that effect is limited to prostate cancer...

(1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pm...es/PMC6137615/

(2) https://www.mindfulnesscds.com/