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Los innumerables efectos de la práctica del yoga sobre la salud.


No es casualidad que desde tiempos ancestrales, la práctica del yoga haya sido considerada como una fuente de beneficios físicos y psíquicos de elevada incidencia.  En tiempos recientes, es elevado el número de estudios científicos que ponen de manifiesto los beneficios de la práctica del yoga sobre nuestra salud.

De hecho, la práctica del yoga está altamente recomendada por los sistemas sanitarios más avanzados del mundo, como una alternativa natural a la conservación del bienestar y la salud.  No olvidemos que al fin y al cabo los estudios científicosmás avanzados interconectan la salud biofísica con los estados conscientes de bienestar emocional.

No cabe duda que en el ámbito de la denominada epigenética, ya se cuentan por miles los estudios que sugieren esta interelación y es precisamente esta circunstancia la que hace que cada vez más la ciencia profundice sobre los beneficios del yoga y sus efectos sobre determinados aspectos de la salud humana.

El último estudio que recientemente ha sido publicado el 3  de marzo de 2016, por el equipo científico compuesto por  Hernández SE, Suero J, Barros A, González-Mora JL, Rubia K , con título «Increased Grey Matter Associated with Long-Term Sahaja Yoga Meditation: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study.» (Incremento de la Materia Gris Asociada con la Meditación a largo plazo de Yoga Sahaga ), publicado por el Centro de Neurociencia Cognitiva en Francia, Referencia PLoS ONE 11(3): e0150757. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150757, pone de relieve que realmente existen datos objetivos para afirmar un incremento de la materia gris, en las personas que mantienen prácticas de meditación consciente tales como la analizada en el estudio.

Para aquellos que estén interesados en descargar y analizar la metodología, datos, y contenido del estudio, remitimos al original en http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150757

Adicionalmente, existen muchas más referencias reportadas de estudios con efectos importantes sobre todas las funciones del organismo humano. Por lo queno cabe duda que el yoga realizado a largo plazo realmente tiene efectos beneficiosos y claramente medibles sobre la salud humana.

Baste citar aquí a modo de ejemplo otras referencias científicas recientes:

1.-Cambios sobre la sangre y los linfocitos: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0061910  (Qu S, Olafsrud SM, Meza-Zepeda LA, Saatcioglu F (2013) Rapid Gene Expression Changes in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes upon Practice of a Comprehensive Yoga Program. PLoS ONE 8(4): e61910. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061910)

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2.-Conexión consciente entre mente y biofísica: http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2014/05/19/connecting-mind-body-yoga-embodied-cognition/

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