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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Can Yoga and meditation increase size of your brain ?

Dr Dharma Singh Khalsa is the founding President and Medical Director of  Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation (ARPF). His team performed  years of scientific research on a group of  people who performed singing Yoga meditation that they call Kirtan Kriya. His team’s studies utilized recognized methods to measure aspects of brain health and specialized scans such as SPECT and fMRI, as well as sophisticated memory and blood tests, to determine the results. He presented a summary of his research at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Boston.
Interestingly, he summarized the outcome of his research and the benefits of performing singing yoga mediation into three categories: mind, body, and spirit.

A. Positive influences on Mind:
1. Improved Memory: People with memory loss improved on important memory tests after practicing singing yoga mediation.