Dr. Shirley Telles : Evidence Based Research on Prāṇāyāma
What happens when you put science and pranayama together? What has scientific study and research found about the effects of various pranayama techniques? What is yet to be discovered? In this fascinating conversation with the world's premier yoga science researcher and neurobiologist Dr. Shirley Telles, we explore evidence-based research on pranayama and what this means for us.
Aside from the key explorations in this summit, in this conversation, we will discover
- What sparked Dr. Telles to research pranayama
- Can the contents of prana be distilled by science
- Various effects of pranayama measured by research
- Scientific difference between breathwork and pranayama practices
- Effects of Brahmari on sinusitis
- Do we run out of oxygen if we practice kumbhaka (retention) for too long?
- Availability of funding for pranayama research
- Her thoughts on where pranayama research is heading
... and much more
2 Lessons