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Studies have found that yoga practice lowers the resting heart rate, increases endurance, and can improve your maximum uptake of oxygen during exerciseâall reflections of improved aerobic conditioning. One study found that subjects who were taught only pranayama could do more exercise with less oxygen.s you read all the ways yoga improves your health, you probably noticed a lot of overlap. Thatâs because theyâre intensely interwoven. Change your posture and you change the way you breathe. Change your breathing and you change your nervous system.
Yoga. In a small 2007 study published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, all of the study's participants who had taken yoga classes experienced significant reductions in depression, anger, anxiety, and neurotic symptoms. The findings led the researcher to recommend yoga as a complementary treatment for depression. In 2012, another group of researchers conducted a review of trials that examined the effects of yoga on anxiety and stress. In 25 out of the 35 studies, subjects experienced a significant decrease in stress and anxiety symptoms after starting yoga. The great thing about yoga is that besides the stretching and core strengthening, there is a tremendous focus on breathing, which helps to slow down and calm the mind, says Michaelis.