Why do I think Yog helps?  Well, my personal answer is that since starting to practice Yoga, I found myself for the first time learning how to sit still and listen to my breath.  Feel what I was feeling inside my body.  Closing my eyes and not looking at what was going on around me, that was not easy as I am very nosey!

 I had to learn to feel and listen to the sounds my body made internatlly whereas I was always too busy checking out what was going on around me.  I could not go past an accident where the cop cars and/or ambulances were without wanting to know what had happened.  I wanted always to know what people were talking about, etc., etc. 

Not that it's a bad thing to be nosey, but it is also good to know when to stop and go within.  I think I was afraid to be still, afraid I would miss something and not be prepared.

As I learned to be still, feel and listen to the internal chatter, I began to learn how to let the internal chatter go and redirect my breath to areas in my body that were in pain.  I began to learn how to breathe with a movement of my body.  I began to feel how my body responded to movement...so many things.  

Little by little I began to read about the benefits of Yoga, meditation, TaiChi, QiQong, eating healthier, etc.  It all takes you on a different pathh and it helps in the journey of having a better quality of life, day in and day out.

I don't believe I am the only one out there that was looking to feel better about myself.  There has to be others out there too.  So, all I am saying is try Yoga, it may help you.  If it doesn't, that is okay too.  Something else may and when you find it, share it with others, because there will be others just like you, looking for something to help them!