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Summary of Science of Yoga 

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Ann Swanson, the author of the book, is the daughter of a NASA scientist who taught her to take a scientific perspective on everything she does. When she started practicing yoga, Swanson realized that its effects on her body were worth paying attention to. The primary purpose of Science of Yoga: Understand the Anatomy and Physiology to Perfect Your Practice is to explain how yoga influences all your body systems and mind. You will understand which exercise activates which muscles and how yoga affects your mental state. Yoga is also about meditation; it helps relax your body and mind, making you feel less stressed and tense. The author explains how practicing mindfulness makes you more stress-resilient and happy. “Now I know that many of the most profound effects of poses transcend my anatomy of muscles and bones to shape my neurology, psychology, and energetic body.” ~ Ann Swanson

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Yoga influences both the body and emotional well-being

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Thinking about the benefits of yoga, we believe that it affects only our musculoskeletal system. As it turns out, yoga is much more than that, since it influences all the body, including the brain. People who do yoga are more likely to have a normal level of serotonin, a hormone responsible for our mood. This ancient practice also helps to reduce the level of cortisol, a stress hormone. In general, yoga improves the health of our neurons, making us function and feel better.

Our brain grows new connections throughout our lives, and these connections help us maintain good intellectual shape. Research has proven that yoga practices positively influence the hippocampus, a part of the brain that develops new links between neurons. That’s how we get improved memory after exercise.

Yoga has also been noticed to affect human metabolism. Since you become calmer after the exercises and meditation, your thyroid, responsible for metabolism regulation, slows it down a bit. That’s how your body will be able to process more useful substances with less product consumption. As a result, yoga can help you lose weight.
Not only will your muscles be fit after yoga practice, but your brain will be too.
Breathing plays an important role in yoga as well. Yogis believe that by exercising pranayama, regulating your inhales and exhales, people become more relaxed and focused. They pay special attention to extended exhalation since, when a person exhales, their heart is more relaxed than during inhalation.

This summary will help you learn more about the influence of yoga practices on your body and mind. You are holding the key to stress reduction and improved health.

Did you know? Our skeleton contains 206 bones.
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Yoga strengthens the immunity and boosts the work of the brain

What if someone told you that yoga could even improve your immune response to diseases? Of course, it doesn’t mean that you won’t need to visit a doctor and take medicine as per their prescriptions; yoga isn’t a universal pill. But what it can do is reduce inflammation in your body. When we get sick, our body produces cytokines, proteins that signal about germs in our organism, making the immune system respond immediately. However, an abundance of cytokines may cause chronic inflammation. So, it’s nice to have a yoga mat at home to take control over your cytokines now and then.
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Asanas and their effects on your body

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Standing asanas and their effects

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Yoga is favorable for your back and neck muscles

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Mindfulness is a key to stress tolerance

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