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Yoga’s Ability to Improve Mood and Lessen Anxiety Yoga has a greater positive effect on a person’s mood and anxiety level than walking and other forms of exercise, which may be due to higher levels of the brain chemical GABA according to an article in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The article is available free online. Yoga has been shown to increase the level of gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA, a chemical in the brain that helps to regulate nerve activity. GABA activity is reduced in people with mood and anxiety disorders, and drugs that increase GABA activity are commonly prescribed to improve mood and decrease anxiety. Tying all of these observations together, the study by Chris Streeter, MD, from Boston University School of Medicine (Massachusetts) and colleagues demonstrates that increased GABA levels measured after a session of yoga postures are associated with improved mood and decreased anxiety. Their findings establish a new link between yoga, higher levels of GABA in the thalamus, and improvements in mood and anxiety based on psychological assessments. The authors suggest that the practice of yoga stimulates specific brain areas, thereby giving rise to changes in endogenous antidepressant neurotransmitters such as GABA. “This is important work that establishes some objective bases for the effects that highly trained practitioners of yoga therapy throughout the world see on a daily basis. What is important now is that these findings are further investigated in long-term studies to establish just how sustainable such changes can be in the search for safe non-drug treatments for depression,” says Kim A. Jobst, MA, DM, MRCP, MFHom, DipAc, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. source: Sciencedaily Related articles - Meditation vs Relaxation (addictionts.com) Related posts: - New strategy for stimulating neurogenesis may lead to drugs to improve cognition and mood - Accentuating the Positive May Eliminate the Negative in Teenagers With Anxiety - Does Social Anxiety Disorder Respond to Psychotherapy? Brain Study Says Yes - Does Exercise Really Boost Your Mood?
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Zašto nas joga toliko opušta? Joga utječe na povećanje razine gama-aminobutirične kiseline, koja je povezana s boljim raspoloženjem i smanjenjem depresije Joga ima veći pozitivan učinak na naše raspoloženje i razinu depresije nego bilo koji drugi oblik tjelovježbe, dokazali su američki znanstvenici s Medicinskog fakulteta u Bostonu, i to zbog veće razine kemikalije u mozgu zvane GABA. Njihovo novo istraživanje pokazalo je detaljnije kako joga djeluje na te kemikalije. Studija je pokazala da joga utječe na povećanje razine gama-aminobutirične kiseline (gamma-aminobutyric acid - GABA), kemikalije u mozgu koja pomaže u reguliranju živčane aktivnosti. Aktivnost te kiseline smanjena je kod ljudi koji pate od poremećaja raspoloženja, a takvima se inače prepisuju lijekovi koji povećavaju GABA aktivnost. >> Gola joga - odlična vježba za prihvaćanje vlastitog tijela Istraživanje je pokazalo da se GABA razine nakon sata joge povećavaju i povezane su s boljim raspoloženjem i smanjenjem anksioznosti. Znanstvenici tvrde da prakticiranje joge stimulira specifična područja u mozgu, čime se povećavaju promjene u endogenim antidepresivnim neurotransmitorima kao što je GABA. Napominju da je ovo vrlo važno otkriće čija će daljnja istraživanja dati rješenja za stanje depresije koja neće biti lijekovi.