Yoga As Sensory Haven
Better posture from yoga. Better focus. Better balance. Stronger muscles. Stronger core. Stronger nervous system! The list goes on. Yoga asanas stimulate and integrates all the senses, enhancing sensory integration. They do so by providing antigravity control, postural control, midline development, core control, coordination, body awareness, modulation and regulation of breath. The Senses P roprioception comes from balancing and weight bearing postures, changing body positions, and postures involving push/pull (flexion/extension) into joints and muscles (“heavy work”). All put pressure into the joint. This pressure sends information to the brain about where the body is in space to enhance body awareness. V estibular input happens with each head change as you move through space in different directions: upright, forward, backward, rotated—from up to down; from backbends to forward bends; from bends to twists . These head changes tap into the balance system and alert th...