Key result
Yogic practices enhance vagal tone by increasing high-frequency and reducing low-frequency heart rate variability.
Why the study?
Modern lifestyle increases psychotechnological stress leading to autonomic imbalances that disturb mental state and cognition, with a noted relationship between yoga and parasympathetic dominance.
Do yogic practices alter autonomic neural activity and improve psychophysiological relaxation?
Do yogic practices alter autonomic neural activity and improve psychophysiological relaxation?
Yogic practices may enhance vagal activity and improve autonomic flexibility, promoting psychophysiological relaxation.
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Supports yogic practices as adjuncts for autonomic balance in stress-related care; reinforces systematic evidence for vagal enhancement via HRV.
De et al. (2020) conducted a review in Autonomic imbalances and stress. Yogic practices (meditation, pranayama, asana, and integrated yoga) was evaluated on Autonomic neural activity (heart rate variability spectrum and galvanic skin resistance). Yogic practices increase the high-frequency band and decrease the low-frequency band of heart rate variability, enhancing vagal activity and psychophysiological relaxation.
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