The results suggest that high frequency yoga breathing could be a short, useful school based practice to improve attention and reduce anxiety.

PMID: 

Children (Basel). 2019 Jul 22 ;6(7). Epub 2019 Jul 22. PMID: 31336661

Abstract Title: 

Immediate Effect of a Yoga Breathing Practice on Attention and Anxiety in Pre-Teen Children.

Abstract: 

Pre-teen children face stressors related to their transition from childhood to adolescence, with a simultaneous increase in academic pressure. The present study compared the immediate effects of 18 min of (i) high frequency yoga breathing with (ii) yoga-based breath awareness and (iii) sitting quietly, on (a) attention and (b) anxiety, in 61 pre-teen children (aged between 11 and 12 years; 25 girls). Attention was assessed using a six letter cancellation task and Spielberger's State Trait Anxiety Inventory STAI-S was used to measure anxiety before and after the three practices, practiced on separate days. Repeated measures ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni adjustedanalyses showed an increase in total attempts and net scores after high frequency yoga breathing (

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