Modern day scientific and medical researchers are now discovering what yogis have known for thousands of years, that yoga practices bring many benefits for health and wellness. Below is just a sampling of the many academic research and popular media articles addressing the rapidly developing scientific research on conscious breathing, meditation, and yoga movement practices.
Using Nervous System-Informed, Trauma Sensitive Yoga as an Intervention for Trauma and Related Diagnoses, Joann Lutz, Embodied Philosophy March 5, 2019.
Yoga Therapy and Polyvagal Theory: The Convergence of Traditional Wisdom and Contemporary Neuroscience for Self-Regulation and Resilience. Sullivan, Marlysa B. et al., Front. Hum. Neuroscience, 27 February 2018.
Proper Breathing Brings Better Health, Christophe Andre, Scientific American January 15, 2019.
Yoga May Be Good for the Brain Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times well-blogs, JUNE 1, 2016
Yoga for anxiety and depression, Harvard Mental Health Letter.
Effect of alternate nostril breathing exercise on cardiorespiratory functions.Upadhyay Dhungel K, Malhotra V, Sarkar D, Prajapati R.
Yoga breathing, meditation, and longevity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Brown RP, Gerbarg PL
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