This Is Your Brain on Yoga | Yoga Journal
Researchers are still sorting out the exact mechanism, but they suspect it has to do the way these practices stimulate different areas of the brain tied to mood, memory, and emotion, says Nikesh Bajaj, DO, a neurologist specializing in sports neurology and traumatic brain injury. Frontal Lobe Known as the brain’s command center, the frontal lobe houses the primary motor complex (which controls movements of the face, arms, and legs) as well as decision-making and problem-solving. Controlling our actions and moods and practicing restraint are frontal-lobe processes. Evidence shows that yoga c...
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