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Understanding Central Nervous System – Brain and Spinal Cord

January 24, 2020 Anand Kekre Comments 1 comment

The nervous system is the main controlling system of the body. It helps us experience the external world. The main purpose of Yoga is to cleanse the consciousness. This requires controlling the mind, which is considered a seat of consciousness. The mind involves the higher-level functions of the nervous system – memory, cognition, and intelligence. The nervous system is most influenced by Yoga and hence needs to be understood well. The nervous system is divided in two components – both…

Understanding Insomnia from a Neuroscience Perspective

January 1, 2020 Anand Kekre Comments 0 Comment

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder and the third most frequent health complaint worldwide – pain and headache being the first two. So far, in the series of posts related to sleep, we covered the importance of sleep, neuroscience brain waves, sleep stages and healthy sleep habits. In this post, we will cover the causes of insomnia from a neuroscience perspective. The next post will be a continuation of this one and will elaborate on why yoga helps alleviate…

Neuroscience Evidence of Pranayama – Influence of Breath over Mind

May 29, 2019 Anand Kekre Comments 1 comment

Neuroscience is now discovering what Yogic science has known for many millennia – the influence of breath over the mind. Verse 29 in Chapter 4 of ancient yogic text called “Hatha Yoga Pradipika” says: इन्द्रियाणां मनो नाथो मनोनाथस्तु मारुतः । मारुतस्य लयो नाथः स लयो नादमाश्रितः हठयोग प्रदीपिका (अध्याय ४, श्लोक २९) Indriyānām mano nātho manonāthastu mārutahMārutasya layo nāthah sa layo nādamāśritah Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Chapter 4, Verse 29) The meaning of the verse goes like this – “The Mind (मन) is…

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