Marcello Arias Dias Danucalov

Cardiorespiratory and metabolic changes during yoga sessions: the effects of respiratory exercises and meditation practices.

Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback March 4, 2008 Marcello Arias Dias Danucalov, Roberto Serafim Simões, Elisa Harumi Kozasa et al.

The novelty of this study was to investigate the changes in cardiorespiratory and metabolic intensity brought about by the practice of pranayamas (breathing exercises of yoga) and meditation during the same hatha-yoga session. The technique applied was the one advocated by the hatha-yoga system. Nine yoga instructors-five females and four males, mean age of 44+/-11, 6, were subjected to...