What Yoga Actually Does to Your Nervous System: Vagal Tone, Cortisol, and Stress Response
The Vagal Nerve Is the Real TargetEvery time you hold a long exhale in pranayama, you are directly stimulating the vagus nerve, the longest cranial nerve in the body, running from the brainstem through the heart, lungs, and gut. The vagus nerve is the primary highway of the parasympathetic nervous…
Times Life ·