Recent evidence suggests that the practice of pranayama, a set of yoga breathing exercises, has positive effects on measures of clinical stress and anxiety. The results of a clinical trial with thirty healthy young adults (assessed at baseline and after 4 weeks of pranayama practices) suggest that pranayama significantly decreased states of anxiety and negative affect as well as modulated activity in brain regions involved in emotional processing. The study can be read here.
(The study was originally found here.)
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