Yoga and meditation improve brain function

Practicing yoga and mindfulness meditation can boost the brain's executive functions, cognitive abilities linked to goal-directed behavior and the ability to control emotional responses, habitual thinking patterns and actions.

Yoga and mindfulness meditation focus on the brain's conscious processing power on a limited number of targets like breathing and posing, and also reduce processing of non essential information.

Mindfulness meditation and yoga were both effective for improving energy levels, physical exercise like yoga releases endorphins, increased blood flow to the brain, and reduced focus on ruminative thoughts. Yoga improves flexibility and strengthen the body.

It involves physical postures and breathing exercises combined with meditation. Mindfulness mediation involves observing thoughts, emotions and body sensations.
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Yoga and meditation reduce the risk of cancer

Yoga and meditation reduce our risk of cancer by changing our DNA,
Practising mind-body interventions (MBI), like as yoga, meditation and Tai Chi, produce lower amounts of molecules that enable inflammation-causing genes.

MBIs enable the brain to steer our DNA processes along a path which improves health.

Inflammation has been linked to cancer, accelerated ageing and poor mental health.

Researchers analysed 18 studies with 846 participants conducted over 11 years. Studies were included in the analysis if they measured gene expression after a MBI.

Reserchers discovered that people who practice MBIs produce lower amounts of molecules that enable inflammation-causing genes.


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