While we've been aware of the immense health benefits of yoga, brain health is a new factor we're excited to learn more about.
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As originally expected, researchers noticed many similarities between yoga's impact on the brain and studies examining aerobic exercise's impact on the brain. One area where this was found was with an increase in the hippocampus, which is involved with memory processing and has been known to shrink with age. Results also showed increases in the volume of the amygdala and prefrontal cortex, both involved in overall brain function, emotion, and learning.
When it came to regulating emotions, one of the big areas where yoga proved beneficial was stress relief."The practice of yoga helps improve emotional regulation to reduce stress, anxiety and depression," says researcherThis research also opens up the possibility to study certain diseases affected by the parts of the brain identified as larger in yogis, like the hippocampus.
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