Your Brain on Yoga — Free Guide — Yoga Science School

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You already know Yoga works. This free guide walks you through 5 scientific findings that explain exactly why your body keeps coming back to the mat.

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Five things science reveals about why Yoga just… helps.

01
The nervous system

Why your body feels safe before your mind catches up

The vagus nerve, your exhale, and your body's rest-and-digest response.

02
Neuroplasticity

How a consistent practice structurally rewires your brain

Why years of Yoga leaves your brain measurably different from the one you started with.

03
Stress hormones

Yoga changes your stress chemistry, not just your mood

Cortisol, GABA, and why you sleep better the night after class.

04
Body awareness

The body keeps score; Yoga teaches you to read it

Interoception, the insula, and why savasana reveals what you didn't know you were carrying.

05
The social nervous system

Why practicing with others does something practicing alone doesn't

Co-regulation, the Polyvagal Theory, and why the energy of a room matters.

"I had practiced Yoga for years. Yoga Science School gave me the language for what I had always felt but could never explain; about my own body, my own nervous system. Everything deepened."

200-Hour YTT Graduate  ·  Yoga Science School

Jessica and Josee - Yoga Science School

Who we are

We built the school we always wished existed.

Hi, I'm Jess. I've been practicing and teaching Yoga for over a decade; and for most of that time, I wanted more than sequences and Sanskrit. I wanted to understand what was happening in the body. Why breath regulation works. Why certain practices change people in ways that last.

Yoga Science School is the answer to that question. We teach the neuroscience, anatomy, and physiology behind Yoga; because when you understand the why, everything about how you practice deepens.

Jessica Nobrega, B.Sc., E-RYT 500, YACEP  ·  Yoga Science School

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