Instructions for Performing Kirtan Kriya ... Variations exist, but here's a simple meditation: ... When you've completed the exercise, inhale deeply ...SkiptomaincontentSusanReynoldsPrimeYourGrayCellsYogaandKirtanKriyaMeditationBolsterBrainFunctioningFireupyourbrain:SevenstepstoperformingKirtanKriyain15minutesaday.PostedJune1,2016|ReviewedbyLybiMaShareTweetEmailAstudypublishedintheAprileditionoftheJournalofAlzheimer’sDiseaseconfirmedthatyogaandaformofmeditationknownasKirtanKriyaimprovedbrainfunctioningbyincreasingconnectivity,improvingmemory,anddecreasingmoodaberration.Overthecourseof12weeks,adultsage55andover,focusedonimprovingbrainfunction,thestudysubjectsreportedmildanxietyabouttheirmemoryandshowedsomemildcognitiveimpairment.Foronehouraweek,onegroupof14attendedaKundaliniyogaclass,beginner-levelyogafocusedonbreathingexercisesandmeditation.For15minuteseachday,theypracticedKirtanKriyameditation,therepeatingofsoundscombinedwithrepetitivehandmovements(SeeImproveBrainFunctionbelow).The“braingame”groupof11attendedclassroominstructioninawellestablishedbrain-trainingprogramforanhouraweek,andtheyspent15minutesadayperformingaseriesofmentalexercisesdesignedtobolstertheirbrainfunctioning.Bothgroupsshowedimprovedcommunicationintheregionsofthebraininvolvedinmemoryandlanguage,butthosewhopracticedyogaalsoshowedmoreactivityintheregionsinvolvedinthebrain’sabilitytofocusandmultitask.Theyogagroupshowedastatisticallysignificantimprovementinmoodandvisuospatialmemoryperformance,reflectingincreasedconnectivityandimprovedverbalmemory.ImproveBrainFunctioningwithKirtanKriyaTheAlzheimer’sResearchandPreventionFoundationinTucson,Arizona,hasbeenstudyingtheeffectsyogameditationhasonthebrainanddiscovered(confirmed,really)thatacertainformofyogameditation,knownasKirtanKriya,canhaveimmediate,long-termpositivebenefitsforthebrain.Practicingthissimple12-minuteyogameditationbringsaboutthefollowingbenefits:Improvecerebralbloodflow(helpsyouthinkbetter)Improvebloodflowtotheposteriorcingulategyrus(improveme