Yoyoga Research Paper

THE ASTOUNDING EFFECTS OF YOGA PRACTICE I have considered attending a yoga class many times in the past. When given the chance to research the affects of yoga, I decided to engage in the act or art to see the effects first hand. As a child I remember experimenting on the yoga mat with my father, a devoted yoga enthusiast. So this is something I have desired to do for many years. One Christmas or birthday, I cannot recall which my father’s present to me was “YOGA for Beginners” with Patricia Walden, GAIAM – Mind, Body, Health video and instruction booklet By Michael Gliksohn. After searching for a minute I found it at the very bottom of the DVD stand. I really do not know why I never
The meditative practices through yoga help to achieve emotional balance through detachment. This means meditation creates conditions, where you are not affected by the happenings around you. This in turn creates a remarkable calmness and a positive outlook, which also has tremendous benefits on the physical health of the body (www.healthandyoga.com). Stress is the number one killer affecting all parts of our physical, endocrinal and emotional systems. (www.healthandyoga.com). One of the far-reaching benefits of yoga is the uncanny sense of awareness that develops in the practitioner of an impending health disorder or infection. This enables the person to take pre-emptive corrective action (www.healthandyoga.com). Some experts suggest that the regular practice of breathing though one nostril at a time (electroencephalogram or EEG) may help improve communication between the right and the left side of the brain. Studies have also shown that this brain activity is associated with better performance and doctors even suggest that yoga can enhance cognitive performance