PSY 348 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hatha Yoga, Biofeedback, Autonomic Nervous System
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Seattle seahawks are incorporating meditation into their practice routines for team advantage . Westerners associate yoga with positions (asanas), but hindus use it to mean meditation. Hatha yoga: the yoga of physical discipline: pranayama: a controlled breathing strategy. Yoga and the autonomic nervous system (autonomic ns) Reminder: the autonomic ns = the functions of our body that we cannot control. Wenger & bagchi (1961): used physiological recording devices (ekg) to measure the autonomic ns activity of the. Reduced blood flow to the heart and reduced heart rate: one participant could perspire on demand = evidence of control over their autonomic ns. = the use of recording devices to present visual or auditory tracking information for physiological responses. Used to facilitate control of skeletal muscles. Electromyograph (emg): electrodes placed on the forehead to measure muscle tension. Feedback helps patients to learn to relax those muscles. Example of how biofeedback is used for treatment:
