AUTHOR(S): Bhawana Kanwar

ABSTRACT:
This paper summarizes the effects of yoga on mental health, when we perform weight lifting our muscles get stronger and when we perform yoga particularly pranayama our brain cells develop new connections and create new changes which includes our cognitive skills. So we can think of it as weight lifting for the brain. The brain of a new born contains about hundred billion brain cells and a complex network of nerve wiring or synapses. 20 percentage of bodies total energy expenditure is consumed by brain. Yoga and breathing practices have gained this recognition in today’s time because of its innumerable benefits on not only physical health but mental health too.

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