A ‘yoga pill’ to end anxiety? Neuroscientists discover a brain circuit that instantly deflates stress

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A ‘yoga pill’ to end anxiety? Neuroscientists discover a brain circuit that instantly deflates stress

"Neuroscientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla have identified a brain pathway that instantly deflates anxiety. The new study, which published earlier this week in the scientific journal Nature Neuroscience, lays out how the aforementioned brain circuit regulates voluntary breathing — meaning conscious breathing as opposed to automatic breathing that happens without your having to think about it — allowing us to slow our breath and calm our mind.

The discovery opens up the potential for the creation of new drugs that would mimic the relaxed state common during breath work, meditation or yoga."