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brain functional connectivity and
serve as "brain fitness" exercise.
Recent scientific evidence suggests
that yoga promotes 'neuroplasticity',
the ability of the brain to reorganize
and adapt itself in response to
changes in the environment.
• Cosmetic Benefits: Yogasana:
Skin appearance is a primary Yoga postures promote healthy
indicator of age. Yoga has the aging by preventing stiffness,
potential to be a holistic anti-aging providing flexibility to the spine,
approach for cosmetic skin and improving joint mobility. They
rejuvenation. Yoga practices help in improve blood circulation, maintain
firming up the skin giving a youthful bone density, and keep muscles
and glowing complexion. Facial toned. They also reverse the age-
yoga exercises stimulate collagen related deterioration of muscles and
and elastin production in the skin help in preserving a youthful body.
that results in a younger-looking Yoga can help fight the aging
face. It prolongs the appearance of process by anti-gravity postures such
wrinkles and also prevents as viparitkarni mudra and
premature graying of hair. sarvangasan which rejuvenate the
entire body. Inverted postures slow
THE RECOMMENDED down or even reverse the effect of
YOGA PRACTICE: gravity and aging. Marjarasan,
The following are a few yoga matsyasan, and pashchimottanasan,
practices that are effective for anti- halasan are good anti-aging postures
aging. However, they should be that improve the flexibility of the
practiced with caution and under spine, stimulate the endocrine
expert guidance to prevent the risk function, and regulate hormonal
of adverse effects. balance.
Pranayama:
Pranayama is regulated by yogic
breathing practice. It has a positive
effect on aging through control of
heart rate, glandular secretions,
respiration, digestion, and blood
pressure. The anti-aging effect is
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