What yoga does to your body and brain | Krishna Sudhir
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🗓️ 8 December 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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There are many different approaches to modern yoga— though most forms have three core elements: physical postures, breathing exercises, and spiritual contemplation.This blend of physical and mental exercise is widely believed to have a unique set of health advantages. But is yoga actually beneficial to your health? Krishna Sudhir examines how this ancient tradition impacts the body and mind. [Directed by Zsuzsanna Kreif, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu / WORKPLAYWORK].
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| 0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective. |
| 0:02.0 | Audio Collective. |
| 0:04.0 | It's Ted Talk's Daily. |
| 0:07.0 | It's Ted Talks Daily. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Elise Hugh. Yoga. It's an ancient Indian tradition with plenty of modern day benefits. |
| 0:17.0 | Today we have a lesson from our education arm, Ted Ed, that lays out a little the history of the practice that so many of us make part of our lives. |
| 0:25.0 | But even cooler, there's contemporary scientific research on how yoga boosts our bodies and our minds that you'll get to hear about. |
| 0:32.0 | There's so many benefits that this lesson from education... our bodies and our minds that you'll get to hear about. |
| 0:32.8 | There's so many benefits that this lesson from educator Krishna Sudhir |
| 0:36.2 | might convince you to sneak in an extra workout. |
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| 1:00.8 | At some point between the first and fifth century |
| 1:03.7 | C. E. the Hindu sage Patanjali |
| 1:08.2 | began to codify the ancient meditative traditions |
| 1:12.0 | practiced throughout India. |
| 1:14.0 | He recorded techniques nearly as old as Indian civilization itself |
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