Brain Health, Rest & Technology - Dr. Lara Boyd Neuroscientist & Physical Therapist #meditation

So the data from the brain and the heart were showing us that the people who practice yoga were able to be in that stressful situation as an observer but it didn't induce significant stress in them. They were able to engage with it but it was more that it came through them and over them rather than just gut punch. The runners showed the opposite. They were highly stressed and they showed a much less adaptive heart response to the stress and a much less adaptive brain response. There's something in there and our guess on it because it's hard to know what happens in the practice of yoga but our guess is that it circles back and it's the mindfulness that comes with the practice of yoga. There may be something in that trying to work towards it, trying to understand what is it about just brain training to take a moment, focus on how you feel. I really think part of it is also giving the brain a moment to rest. I don't think.