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In a 2016 meta-analysis of six studies involving individuals over the age of 60, participants showed small improvements in balance and moderate mobility gains after going through postural yoga programs. 13.
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Studies have shown, for example, that postural yoga, along with the practice’s other components, controlled breath and meditation, can regulate blood pressure, heart rate and respiration. 12.
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Other potential safety concerns include sudden onset of sleep while engaged in routine activities such as driving or operating machinery (sleep attacks), hallucinations, and decreased blood pressure on standing up (postural hypotension).
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First Known Use of postural
1857
Medical Dictionary
postural
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adjective
pos·tur·al
\ˈpäs-chə-rəl\
Medical Definition of postural
: of, relating to, or involving posture postural tension postural exercises postural muscles; also : orthostatic postural hypotension
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