Yoga breathing improves your memory

Yoga breathing can significantly improve memory. In particular, yoga breathing enhances spatial memory-the part of memory responsible for recording information about your environment. Spatial memory can help record where things you can see or cannot see occur, where you are, and connect all of this information together. If you sometimes have trouble remembering where you put your keys or get lost in a large city, you can benefit from this conscious breathing method.

What exactly does yoga breathing mean? Several types of yoga breathing were included in the study, revealing surprising effects on improving spatial memory. These measures include pranayama (an active regulated breathing method), nostril breathing (left, right, or interactive), and pure breath conscious methods.

Deep breathing during aerobic exercise does not play any role in memory. A study based on 85 middle-aged and elderly people found that 16 weeks of aerobic training did not improve memory restoration records. In contrast, a study of 108 nostril-breathing practitioners or breath awareness learners showed that they had an average of 87% improvement in their spatial memory scores after just 10 days of practice. Another survey based on 30 children who practiced yoga breathing showed a 43% improvement in their spatial memory scores after 10 days.

Yoga breathing can be practiced easily anywhere and at any time. In addition to improved memory, there are many other benefits attributed to this breathing awareness, including reduced stress and improved attention span. Below is a very simple nostril breathing exercise. It takes at least a week to try this exercise before you can truly experience the benefits of this conscious breathing method.

Practice method:

Try sitting upright with your head, neck and spine in a straight line. Next, inhale air through one nostril, hold your breath, and then slowly exhale air through the other nostril. You can grasp the rhythm of 2:8:4 between the time interval.

Cover the left and right nostrils with your right thumb, ring finger, and little finger, respectively, and then cover both nostrils at the same time as you hold your breath.

Once each nostril has completed the inhaling and exhaling movements, it is called a cycle. Conduct 3 cycles a day, gradually increasing to 20 cycles a day, and increase the interval rhythm at a ratio of 2:8:4 (for example, 4:16:8)(Editor in charge: Teng Yun)