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Danilo Forghieri SantaellaSports Center – University of São Paulo (CEPEUSP)
Instituto do Cérebro – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE)
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YOGAThe best of Calvin
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YOGAI did it!!!I did it!!!
Hum......I always thought
this would be arevealing moment,
but...
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“The ancient science of Yoga does not belong to India; it is the great contribution of the Indian sages (rishis) to all human kind!…
...if it is to endure, this must be done in the modern Western scientific way!”
Swami Madhavadas Maharaj (1798-1921)
Following the steps of a wise men...
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Yoga teachers should offer the students that which Yoga has to
offer, not only what the students ask.
Danilo Forghieri Santaella
…Being a stubborn one!
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Asanas as stretching✓ Benefits of exercise
Pranayamas as breathing exercises✓Benefits of breathing exercises
Asanas as Asanas?Pranayama as Pranayama?
Meditation as Dhyana?
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BrainBody
Breath
Yoga – What is it?
Shrikrishna Bhushan Tengshe, Ph.D.
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Yoga - How to practice?
Psychophysical interaction:
➢ Comfort - Stability
Which component is bigger in COMFORT, physical or psychological?
Which one is bigger in STABILITY?
Marcos Rojo Rodrigues, Ph.D.
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“Mental action, or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through
thought, experience and understanding”
www.oxforddictionaries.com
Cognition
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Aging and Cognition¯ Grey matter thickness (Salat et al., 2004)¯ Working memory (Draganski et al., 2013)
¯ DMN connectivity (Mowinckel et al., 2012) ¯ Salience Network connectivity (He et al., 2014)
¯ Working memory (DeCarli et al., 2012)¯ Hippocampus connectivity (Salami et al., 2014)
¯ Deactivation of DMN on stimuli (Vidal Piñeiro et al., 2014)
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Yoga n=14
Control n=14
Yoga Experience: 10years
Frequency: 9 h/week
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Duration of yoga practice is associated with more GM in the left insula, left frontal operculum, right middle temporal gyrus and left orbitofrontal cortex.
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Superior Parietal Lobe
Right Occipital
Precuneus
Left Hippocampus
Different percentages of asanas, pranayamas and meditation have different brain effects.
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Kripalu Yoga n=16 (13.000h/practice)Insight Meditation n=16 (7.500h/practice)Control n=15 (Yoga and Meditation naive)
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B – controlC – YogaD - Meditation
• Decreased Intelligence loss
• Resting state network preservation
• Greater resistance to damage
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➢Healthy elderly women who practicedHatha Yoga for at least 8 years had
greater prefrontal cortical thickness than
a group of matched controls.
➢ This fact may be associated withcognitive preservation.
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Seed to Voxel Connectivity Analisys
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Seed: Medial Prefrontal Cortex
Angular Gyrus (right)
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p<0.05
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➢Elderly women with ≥ 8 years of yoga have
greater intra-network anteroposterior brain
resting-state functional connectivity of the
DMN.
➢This may indicate influences of Yoga for a
healthier cognitive ageing.
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To maximise resultsStart a.s.a.p.
Follow the traditional approach
Remember, Yoga is Meditation
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