{"id":49676,"date":"2017-03-13T23:16:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=49676"},"modified":"2017-03-13T23:16:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:46:24","slug":"yoga-can-alter-function-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=49676","title":{"rendered":"Doing yoga can alter the function of DNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"ext-gen29\" class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Yogis everywhere will tell you about the benefits of yoga on the mind, body and spirit, but now there&#8217;s scientific evidence to show how much it can help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Researchers have found that yoga has such an impact it can even alter the function of DNA of women who are &#8216;chronically stressed&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The findings, from a study conducted by experts at the University of Adelaide and Flinders University, found that regular yoga not only led to psychological, but also biological changes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-c239aba6761bb80d\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/03\/12\/23\/3E35B87500000578-4307068-image-a-1_1489362607696.jpg\" alt=\"A study from Australian universities has found that yoga can alter the way your DNA functions (stock image)\" width=\"634\" height=\"472\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"share-pictures-1\" class=\"share-pictures-overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<p>+3<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A study from Australian universities has found that yoga can alter the way your DNA functions (stock image)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The researchers divided a group of 28 chronically stressed women into two, with one group doing two yoga classes a week, and the other continuing with their daily routine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The women were aged between 35 and 65, were experiencing anxiety and\/or depression, and had never done yoga before the clinical study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The research, published in Cogent Psychology journal last year, found that the women who did yoga were less stressed, which was evident both in their own reports and their DNA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yogis everywhere will tell you about the benefits of yoga on the mind, body and spirit, but now there&#8217;s scientific evidence to show how much it can help. Researchers have found that yoga has such an impact it can even alter the function of DNA of women who are &#8216;chronically stressed&#8217;. The findings, from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}