Arterial blood gases in Pranayama practice
Perceptual and motor skills
Short Title:
Percept.Mot.Skills
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
Nov 30, 1977
Pages:
171 - 174
Sources ID:
30296
Notes:
LR: 20131121; JID: 0401131; 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide); S88TT14065 (Oxygen); 1978/02/01 00:00 [pubmed]; 1978/02/01 00:01 [medline]; 1978/02/01 00:00 [entrez]; ppublish
Collection:
Yoga-Based Medical Interventions
Visibility:
Public (group default)
Abstract:
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Pranayama is a Yogic breathing practice which is known experientially to produce a profound calming effect on the mind. In an experiment designed to determine whether the mental effects of this practice were accompanied by changes in the arterial blood gases, arterial blood was drawn from 10 trained individuals prior to and immediately after Pranayama practice. No significance changes in arterial blood gases were noted after Pranayama. A neural mechanism for the mental effects of this practice is proposed.