Scientific Research: How Yoga Works

We all know that yoga is good for the body (and mind). Until recently, however, I could not say exactly why I improved the status of various diseases, such as depression, anxiety, diabetes, chronic pain, even epilepsy, and how I improved it.

Currently, the group of researchers at the Boston University Medical School believes that they discovered the secrets of yoga. In an article published in the May 2012 issue of the medical hypothesis, Dr. Chris Streeter and her team assumed that yoga functions by adjusting the nervous system. How is that? By increasing the vagal tension - the ability of the body to cope with stress well

Research: Effects of yoga on autonomic nervous system, gamma aminobutyric acid and homeostasis in epilepsy, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder

Most of us do not even know that we have the vagus nerve we need to color, but we will definitely do. The vagus nerve is the largest cranial nerve of the body starting from the base of the skull and wandering through the body, affecting the respiratory, digestive and nervous systems. The vagus nerve helps regulate all of our major body functions, which are often considered to be our "air traffic controllers". Our breathing, heart rate, digestive power - and the ability to accept, process and understand our experience - are directly related to the vagus nerve.

As the vagus nerve can be felt at different levels, you can see when the vagus nerve is conditioned and functioning properly. Digestion is improved, heart function is optimized, mood is stabilized. You can move from a more active and stressful state to a more relaxed state more easily. As we improve, we can deal with life challenges with right energy, participation and easy integration. When we are able to maintain this state of flexibility at all times, we are considered to have "high sedative tension".

Low vagal tone is associated with depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, chronic pain and epilepsy

On the other hand, "low escape nervous tension" brings a sense of consumption. Our digestion became dull, our heart rate increased, and our emotions became more difficult to predict and became difficult to manage. Not surprisingly, it is no accident that analgesics are associated with health conditions such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, chronic pain, epilepsy - the yoga practice is significantly improved under the same conditions. Researchers assumed that vagal nerve stimulation through yoga improved these conditions.

In order to test their theories, researchers looked at what they believe will strengthen the tension of the vagus nerve. For example, they discovered that resistance to respiration, like Ujai Pranayama, increases the relaxation response and heart rate variability (another sign of elasticity). A preliminary survey of experienced yogi showed that if you cast Om loudly, you can relax by adding annoying tones rather than chanting yourself quietly. Such research will begin to reveal how yoga exercises will have different effects on human physiology.

Recent media noise has exceeded the results announced at the American Psychological Association meeting. At a conference on yoga, I introduced an interesting study on yoga to the scientific community. Researchers found that in many studies, yoga was significantly associated with a wide positive psychological relevance and some secondary health indicators. The evidence reported at the meeting was the same as how butter bread was a beef sandwich. This is a semi-finished product, preliminary and meat that tends to overlook. Although their research may be very important, it is always possible that the result will be negative when collecting all the data.

Contemporary scientific yoga research, N. C. Paul and Major D. Basu worked in the second half of the 19th century and then continued working with Shri Yogendra (1897-1989) and Swami Kuvalayananda in the 20th century. Beginning in 1928, Western medical researchers came to the Kaivalyadhama health and yoga research center of Swami Kuvalayananda to study yoga as science. In addition to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism are out of Asian tradition, and the term "yoga" is often synonymous with its form (pose) or movement format. Since the first half of the 20th century, this yoga aspect has been adopted as a cultural trend in Europe and North America. There are periods of criticism and delusion for yoga. In the 1960 's, Western interest in Hindu spirituality peaked, resulting in a number of New Western Hindu schools, especially promoting the masses of Western Europe.