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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/the-yoga-life-more-science-supports-savasana/">The Yoga Life: More Science Supports Savasana</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted January 3, 2008 at 06:00 PM by Katie Drummond</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Yoga has long been reputed to have more than just physical health benefits, and new research is corroborating the claims that yoga can make miraculous changes to physical and emotional health. A team of researchers from the SP Medical College in Bikaner, India, studied 101 adults suffering from metabolic syndrome, a condition characterized by heart disease risk factors (including high blood pressure and obesity). The group of adults who performed regular yoga for three months saw reductions in their waist circumference, blood pressure, blood sugar, and bad cholesterol. Another study, this one coming from the University of Karlstad, found that the practice of “Sudarshan Kriya” (cycles of breathing used in yoga), when done six days a week for six weeks, reduced feelings of anxiety, stress, and depression among otherwise healthy adults. According to the…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/the-yoga-life-more-science-supports-savasana/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/the-yoga-life-more-science-supports-savasana/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/the-yoga-life-more-science-supports-savasana/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/the-yoga-life-more-science-supports-savasana/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/athletics/">athletics</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/the-yoga-life/">the-yoga-life</a><br /><br /> </P>