Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part I—Neurophysiologic Model

By Richard P. Brown, P. Gerbarg. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2005

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Brain-gut interactions in inflammatory bowel disease. (2013, positive): “Yoga techniques increase parasympathetic drive (160).”
How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing (2018, background): “Some authors have even attempted at modeling the effects of Pranayama (Brown and Gerbarg, 2005b; Jerath et al., 2006; Brown et al., 2013; Gard et al., 2014; Riley and Park, 2015; Schmalzl et al., 2015), but a general consensus on the identification of the psychophysiological mediators that link Pran”
Effects of yoga on the autonomic nervous system, gamma-aminobutyric-acid, and allostasis in epilepsy, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. (2012, background): “…the respiratory structures send information about the state and activity of the respiratory system through vagal afferents and brainstem relay stations to other CNS structures where they influence perception, cognition, emotion regulation, somatic expression, and behavior [49] [50] [51] [52].”
The physiological effects of slow breathing in the healthy human (2017, background): “For example, yogic breathing (pranayama) is a well-known ancient practice of controlled breathing, often performed in conjunction with meditation or yoga, for its spiritual and perceived health-enhancing effects [1, 2].”