Yoga for stroke patients helps prevent disabling falls in the aged and rebuild balance. This is further validated by a report which reveals that patients who survived stroke and participated in specialized post stroke yoga classes showed an improved balance by around 34%. It also improved their self confidence and their physical activities. A person gets a stroke when parts of the brain get limited or disrupted blood supply, leading to the death of the brain cells which causes the body parts, controlled by these cells, to stop working. A study shows that about 7,00,000 people get a stroke each year out of which around two third survive and need rehabilitation after stroke. Rehabilitation helps a stroke survivor to improve his quality of life and achieve long term outcome. Rehabilitation after stroke helps the survivor learn many skills that he might have lost when a part of the brain was damaged. These skills may be anything right from carrying out any complex activi...