02/29/2024
"Your body has numerous major systems, including the endocrine (hormone), cardiovascular, immune, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems. If you want to use the mind-body connection to lower your stress, cool the fires, and improve your long term health, what's the optimal point of entry into all of these systems? It's the autonomic nervous system (ANS).
This is because the ANS-which us part of the larger nervous system-is intertwined with and helps regulate every other system. And mental activity has greater direct influence over the ANS than any other bodily system. When you stimulate the parasympathetic wing of the ANS, calming, soothing, healing ripples spread through your body, brain, and mind." Written by Rick Hanson, PH.D. in The Practical Neuroscience of Buddha's Brain.
Kundalini Yoga is a practice centered around strengthening the nervous system and activating the parasympathetic nervous system to promote healing and rejuvenation. We practice many powerful breathing techniques to get you out of the constant fight or flight mode and back down to a stable state of being.