The physical effects of yoga are just the icing on the cake, being that the practice brings so much more to the brain. 

Imagine instead of being prescribed a pill for your mental health issues, you were prescribed 3 yoga classes a week. That is how strong this practice works. If only we could recognize yoga for the medicine that it is instead of categorizing it into a workout, as we often do in western society,

Yoga can actually rewire your brain by reducing stress, improving focus, regulating emotions, and building supportive neural pathways. Research suggests that a consistent yoga practice helps transform the nervous system starting with the prefrontal cortex, amygdala and hippocampus.