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Premium member Presentation Transcript Yoga and Alzheimer’s: Yoga and Alzheimer’sPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 While there has been no direct study of the effects of classical Hatha Yoga on the cognition of people with Alzheimer’s type dementia (AD), there have been positive results in a study of the effects of general non-aerobic movement training. Furthermore, while the scientific study in this area in general has not been extensive or significant, there is considerable evidence to support the fact that regular and continuous exercise such as yoga is beneficial with cognition and memory retention in the elderly who have yet to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. As cognition and memory loss represents a major challenge to the quality of life of people with Alzheimer’s, Yoga may contribute to significantly delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s or improve the quality of life of those that have contracted Alzheimer’s. Executive SummaryPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific LiteraturePowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Scientific LiteraturePowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills. A 2010 study on the effects of non-aerobic movement based activity demonstrated a positive effect on some aspects of cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills. A 2010 study on the effects of non-aerobic movement based activity demonstrated a positive effect on some aspects of cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s. Ongoing animal studies show that running can boost brain cell survival in mice that have a neurodegenerative disease with properties similar to Alzheimer’s.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills. A 2010 study on the effects of non-aerobic movement based activity demonstrated a positive effect on some aspects of cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s. Ongoing animal studies show that running can boost brain cell survival in mice that have a neurodegenerative disease with properties similar to Alzheimer’s. Health data from nearly 5000 men and women over 65 years of age demonstrated that those who exercised were less likely to lose their mental abilities or develop dementia, including Alzheimer’s.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills. A 2010 study on the effects of non-aerobic movement based activity demonstrated a positive effect on some aspects of cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s. Ongoing animal studies show that running can boost brain cell survival in mice that have a neurodegenerative disease with properties similar to Alzheimer’s. Health data from nearly 5000 men and women over 65 years of age demonstrated that those who exercised were less likely to lose their mental abilities or develop dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Neurobics , developed by the late Lawrence Katz, a neurologist with Duke University Medical Hospital, is about the many ways that certain forms of brain stimulation can increase brain health and functioning. Many of the ideas developed by Dr. Katz are directly applicable to Yoga .PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills. A 2010 study on the effects of non-aerobic movement based activity demonstrate a positive effect on some aspects of cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s. Ongoing animal studies show that running can boost brain cell survival in mice that have a neurodegenerative disease with properties similar to Alzheimer’s. Health data from nearly 5000 men and women over 65 years of age demonstrated that those who exercised were less likely to lose their mental abilities or develop dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Neurobics, developed by the late Lawrence Katz, a neurologist with Duke University Medical Hospital, is about the many ways that certain forms of brain stimulation can increase brain health and functioning. Many of the ideas developed by Dr. Katz are directly applicable to Yoga . Brain Gym, a movement based educational curriculum developed by Dr. Paul Dennison and Gail Dennison that is said to be practiced in eighty countries, has shown to improve students’ academic skills. While there appears to be no peer-reviewed scientific research to support this, there are many dozens of studies that show anecdotal support for this claim. Many of the Brain Gym activities are very similar, or identical to, aspects of Yoga.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement TrainingPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition).PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition). It involves isolating certain muscle groups.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition). It involves isolating certain muscle groups. It involves co-activation of different muscle groups.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition). It involves isolating certain muscle groups. It involves co-activation of different muscle groups. It involves eccentric contraction.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition). It involves isolating certain muscle groups. It involves co-activation of different muscle groups. It involves eccentric contraction. It involves learning and refining and remembering behaviours.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition). It involves isolating certain muscle groups. It involves co-activation of different muscle groups. It involves eccentric contraction. It involves learning and refining and remembering behaviours. It involves a focus of awareness.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental DeclinePowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline Mental decline occurs as the number and complexity of dendrites, the branches of nerve cells that directly receive and process information, reduce.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline The connections across the synapses atrophy if not regularly switched on. This atrophy reduces the brain’s ability to process new information or retrieve stored information into memory.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline There are a variety of mechanisms that can be employed to stimulate more neural activity. These can create more connections and cause nerve cells to produce more neurotrophins which make surrounding cells both stronger and more resistant to atrophy.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline Deliberately creating new and more complex associative patterns increases brain functioning because the memory of our experience isn’t stored in only one part of the brain, rather various parts of connected by hundreds of different neural patterns pathways. As a result, there are an almost limitless number of combinations of neural patterns that are created.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline As the ability of the nerve cells respond to stimuli and the amount of neurotrophins produced are regulated by how active the cells are, using as many combinations as possible can reduce the amount of atrophy.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline However, we typically employ only a small number of these combinations. This is in part because we rely so extensively on two primary senses: sight and hearing.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of BenefitPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include:PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include: Focusing on a Drishti point, while simultaneously exploring a number of different tactile sensations in the body.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include: Focusing on a Drishti point, while simultaneously exploring a number of different tactile sensations in the body. Using the non-dominant hand/leg and so on. Activating and retrieving intricate patterns of spatial memoryPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include: Focusing on a Drishti point, while simultaneously exploring a number of different tactile sensations in the body. Using the non-dominant hand/leg and so on. Activating and retrieving intricate patterns of spatial memory. Creating complex perceptual relationships (e.g. viewing our environment from unexpected positions and angles).PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include: Focusing on a Drishti point, while simultaneously exploring a number of different tactile sensations in the body. Using the non-dominant hand/leg and so on. Activating and retrieving intricate patterns of spatial memory. Creating complex perceptual relationships (e.g. viewing our environment from unexpected positions and angles). Focusing attention on a fine level of detail.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include: Focusing on a Drishti point, while simultaneously exploring a number of different tactile sensations in the body Using the non-dominant hand/leg and so on. Activating and retrieving intricate patterns of spatial memory Creating complex perceptual relationships (e.g. viewing our environment from unexpected positions and angles) Focusing attention on a fine level of detail Activating unusual patterns of body movement (e.g. in Virabhradasana II the back foot rotates and supinates. The back knee extends. The back hip extends and externally rotates. The front hip flexes. The front knee flexes. Both shoulders abduct and externally rotate. The elbows extend. The forearms pronate. The cervical spine rotates). This clearly requires complex processing (information storing and retrieval).PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga TeacherPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga Teacher Changing routinesPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga Teacher Changing routines Changing the teaching position or layouts of mats in the roomPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga Teacher Changing routines Changing the teaching position or layouts of mats in the room Using music (adds another sense in the midst of all the complex processing)PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga Teacher Changing routines Changing the teaching position or layouts of mats in the room Using music (adds another sense in the midst of all the complex processing) Encouraging people to position their mats in unfamiliar locationsPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga Teacher Changing routines Changing the teaching position or layouts of mats in the room Using music (adds another sense in the midst of all the complex processing) Encouraging people to position their mats in unfamiliar locations Practicing outdoorsPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Brain Gym MovementsPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Brain Gym Movements You do not have the permission to view this presentation. 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Premium member Presentation Transcript Yoga and Alzheimer’s: Yoga and Alzheimer’sPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 While there has been no direct study of the effects of classical Hatha Yoga on the cognition of people with Alzheimer’s type dementia (AD), there have been positive results in a study of the effects of general non-aerobic movement training. Furthermore, while the scientific study in this area in general has not been extensive or significant, there is considerable evidence to support the fact that regular and continuous exercise such as yoga is beneficial with cognition and memory retention in the elderly who have yet to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. As cognition and memory loss represents a major challenge to the quality of life of people with Alzheimer’s, Yoga may contribute to significantly delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s or improve the quality of life of those that have contracted Alzheimer’s. Executive SummaryPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific LiteraturePowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Scientific LiteraturePowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills. A 2010 study on the effects of non-aerobic movement based activity demonstrated a positive effect on some aspects of cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills. A 2010 study on the effects of non-aerobic movement based activity demonstrated a positive effect on some aspects of cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s. Ongoing animal studies show that running can boost brain cell survival in mice that have a neurodegenerative disease with properties similar to Alzheimer’s.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills. A 2010 study on the effects of non-aerobic movement based activity demonstrated a positive effect on some aspects of cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s. Ongoing animal studies show that running can boost brain cell survival in mice that have a neurodegenerative disease with properties similar to Alzheimer’s. Health data from nearly 5000 men and women over 65 years of age demonstrated that those who exercised were less likely to lose their mental abilities or develop dementia, including Alzheimer’s.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills. A 2010 study on the effects of non-aerobic movement based activity demonstrated a positive effect on some aspects of cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s. Ongoing animal studies show that running can boost brain cell survival in mice that have a neurodegenerative disease with properties similar to Alzheimer’s. Health data from nearly 5000 men and women over 65 years of age demonstrated that those who exercised were less likely to lose their mental abilities or develop dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Neurobics , developed by the late Lawrence Katz, a neurologist with Duke University Medical Hospital, is about the many ways that certain forms of brain stimulation can increase brain health and functioning. Many of the ideas developed by Dr. Katz are directly applicable to Yoga .PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Scientific Literature A study of nearly 6000 elderly women during an eight year period demonstrated that those who walked regularly were less likely to experience age-related memory loss and other declines in mental functioning. For every extra mile walked per week there was a 13% less chance of cognitive decline. Studies of Senior Citizens who walk regularly showed significant improvement in memory skills. A 2010 study on the effects of non-aerobic movement based activity demonstrate a positive effect on some aspects of cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer’s. Ongoing animal studies show that running can boost brain cell survival in mice that have a neurodegenerative disease with properties similar to Alzheimer’s. Health data from nearly 5000 men and women over 65 years of age demonstrated that those who exercised were less likely to lose their mental abilities or develop dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Neurobics, developed by the late Lawrence Katz, a neurologist with Duke University Medical Hospital, is about the many ways that certain forms of brain stimulation can increase brain health and functioning. Many of the ideas developed by Dr. Katz are directly applicable to Yoga . Brain Gym, a movement based educational curriculum developed by Dr. Paul Dennison and Gail Dennison that is said to be practiced in eighty countries, has shown to improve students’ academic skills. While there appears to be no peer-reviewed scientific research to support this, there are many dozens of studies that show anecdotal support for this claim. Many of the Brain Gym activities are very similar, or identical to, aspects of Yoga.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement TrainingPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition).PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition). It involves isolating certain muscle groups.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition). It involves isolating certain muscle groups. It involves co-activation of different muscle groups.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition). It involves isolating certain muscle groups. It involves co-activation of different muscle groups. It involves eccentric contraction.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition). It involves isolating certain muscle groups. It involves co-activation of different muscle groups. It involves eccentric contraction. It involves learning and refining and remembering behaviours.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Yoga as Movement Training It involves movement of the majority of parts of the body’s muscular and skeletal structure. It involves strengthening and lengthening muscular and fascial tissue. It involves coordination of movement and holding of various parts (including agoist and antagonist relationships and reciprocal inhibition). It involves isolating certain muscle groups. It involves co-activation of different muscle groups. It involves eccentric contraction. It involves learning and refining and remembering behaviours. It involves a focus of awareness.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental DeclinePowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline Mental decline occurs as the number and complexity of dendrites, the branches of nerve cells that directly receive and process information, reduce.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline The connections across the synapses atrophy if not regularly switched on. This atrophy reduces the brain’s ability to process new information or retrieve stored information into memory.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline There are a variety of mechanisms that can be employed to stimulate more neural activity. These can create more connections and cause nerve cells to produce more neurotrophins which make surrounding cells both stronger and more resistant to atrophy.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline Deliberately creating new and more complex associative patterns increases brain functioning because the memory of our experience isn’t stored in only one part of the brain, rather various parts of connected by hundreds of different neural patterns pathways. As a result, there are an almost limitless number of combinations of neural patterns that are created.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline As the ability of the nerve cells respond to stimuli and the amount of neurotrophins produced are regulated by how active the cells are, using as many combinations as possible can reduce the amount of atrophy.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Anatomy of Mental Decline However, we typically employ only a small number of these combinations. This is in part because we rely so extensively on two primary senses: sight and hearing.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of BenefitPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include:PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include: Focusing on a Drishti point, while simultaneously exploring a number of different tactile sensations in the body.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include: Focusing on a Drishti point, while simultaneously exploring a number of different tactile sensations in the body. Using the non-dominant hand/leg and so on. Activating and retrieving intricate patterns of spatial memoryPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include: Focusing on a Drishti point, while simultaneously exploring a number of different tactile sensations in the body. Using the non-dominant hand/leg and so on. Activating and retrieving intricate patterns of spatial memory. Creating complex perceptual relationships (e.g. viewing our environment from unexpected positions and angles).PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include: Focusing on a Drishti point, while simultaneously exploring a number of different tactile sensations in the body. Using the non-dominant hand/leg and so on. Activating and retrieving intricate patterns of spatial memory. Creating complex perceptual relationships (e.g. viewing our environment from unexpected positions and angles). Focusing attention on a fine level of detail.PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 How Yoga Can Be of Benefit While there are numerous mechanisms that can contribute to developing more and healthier neural pathways, one simple way involves experiencing non-routine activities involving different combinations of senses. Our brain is forced to process this information in a less habitual way, causing it to develop new patterns of pathways. Yoga can accomplish this in a variety of ways. For example, there is clearly less reliance on simply sight and hearing. In fact, Yoga, being so tactile, requires little in the way of sight and hearing. And sight and touch can be combined in a myriad of ways. Other ways that Yoga can involve the senses in non-habitual ways include: Focusing on a Drishti point, while simultaneously exploring a number of different tactile sensations in the body Using the non-dominant hand/leg and so on. Activating and retrieving intricate patterns of spatial memory Creating complex perceptual relationships (e.g. viewing our environment from unexpected positions and angles) Focusing attention on a fine level of detail Activating unusual patterns of body movement (e.g. in Virabhradasana II the back foot rotates and supinates. The back knee extends. The back hip extends and externally rotates. The front hip flexes. The front knee flexes. Both shoulders abduct and externally rotate. The elbows extend. The forearms pronate. The cervical spine rotates). This clearly requires complex processing (information storing and retrieval).PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga TeacherPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga Teacher Changing routinesPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga Teacher Changing routines Changing the teaching position or layouts of mats in the roomPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga Teacher Changing routines Changing the teaching position or layouts of mats in the room Using music (adds another sense in the midst of all the complex processing)PowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga Teacher Changing routines Changing the teaching position or layouts of mats in the room Using music (adds another sense in the midst of all the complex processing) Encouraging people to position their mats in unfamiliar locationsPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 The Role of the Yoga Teacher Changing routines Changing the teaching position or layouts of mats in the room Using music (adds another sense in the midst of all the complex processing) Encouraging people to position their mats in unfamiliar locations Practicing outdoorsPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Brain Gym MovementsPowerPoint Presentation: Copyright Murray Arnott 2011 Brain Gym Movements