Can't sleep? Yoga could add almost two extra hours to your rest, study finds

Woman performing upward dog on yoga mat during hot yoga class.

Gentle exercise including yoga, Tai Chi and jogging should be considered a primary treatment method for insomnia, a new review published in the online journal BMJ Evidence Based Medicine suggests.

Roughly one third of the population is expected to experience insomnia at some point but many treatment methods remain inaccessible — such as CBT-I — or come with potential side effects — such as medication.