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What are your thoughts? could yoga help bring my heart rate down?
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Yes: Some yogis can "stop" their heart (actually just slow it so much, they seem to stop it). It's not that yoga slows the heart, it's that people who practice yoga learn how to slow their heart.
Answered 8/19/2013
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