To lead an enthusiastic and healthy life, it is necessary to have an alert mind and sharp brain. Movement is the medicine for a cheerful mind. Performing yoga exercises is the best solution to developing a sharp brain and staying alert, enthusiastic, and cheerful. Here are some ways that explain how yoga workouts help your brain work better.

1. Spurs brain growth: The production of new brain cells and brain tissues in humans depreciates as we age. Various physical exercises, such as yoga for beginners, can enhance the growth of brain cells and tissues. Various brain scan studies of healthy yet sluggish people coming in the age group of 60 to 79 reveal that there is substantial increase in the brain volume after six months of aerobic exercises. Researchers state that enhanced cardiovascular fitness that develops due to aerobic exercises is related to brain improvements among the aged individuals and no improvements occur just by practicing stretching and toning exercises. Aerobic exercises and cardio boost the blood supply to the brain that delivers quintessential oxygen, which is necessary considering the brain consumes 20 percent of oxygen obtained by our body.
   
   
2. Boost in brain-developing hormones: Just like fertilizers make plants grow faster and profusely, a chemical well-known as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) stimulates proliferation and growth of brain cells, especially in the hippocampus, a brain area greatly responsible for memory and vulnerable to aging declination issues. It is advisable to perform yoga workouts for brain fitness, as the more you exercise the more BDNF you produce.
   
   
3. Fights anxiety and depression: Anxiety and depression slow the brain's ability to analyze and process information and make it more difficult for stressed people to concentrate and make decisions thereby, causing serious memory issues. Even though it is necessary to take antidepressants prescribed by the doctors for serious depression, mild depression can be cured by practicing yoga for beginners. Yoga cranks up the production of brain chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin to lift your mood and make you feel happy. It even increases the levels of endorphins that make you feel good and reduces your anxiety.
   
   
4. Minimizes the effects of stress: Although hormones like BDNF accelerate your brain's growth, hormones like cortisol hinders it. Due to these hormones we suffer from forgetfulness and slow and scattered thinking more often than we realize. Yoga workouts for brain fitness lower cortisol levels helping you to think quickly, smartly, and stay alert.
   
   
5. Improve human brain's execution function: Primarily, executive function of the brain means cognitive abilities such as ability to focus on complicated tasks, think abstractly, and plan future events. It even comprises working memory, such as ability to remember an address or contact number. Researches on the effects of exercises on executive function reveal that adults coming in age group of 55 to 80, who watch yoga workout videos and perform yoga, perform four times better in cognitive tests than individuals who don't regularly exercise. Positive effects were highest among individuals who exercise for 30 to 45 minutes for more than six months.
   
   
6. Increases the sensitivity to insulin: Human body converts most of the food it consumes into blood sugar or glucose, which is the major source of fuel to the body as well as brain. Insulin is necessary to enable this glucose to enter into the cells, but unfortunately, cells become resistant to insulin in some individuals. As a result, the body needs to pump out more insulin and the blood sugar level rises resulting in diabetes. Even if you don't suffer from diabetes, insulin resistance is bad for our brain. When our brain cells get flooded by blood sugar, it affects thinking ability and memory adversely. Watching yoga workout videos and performing yoga regularly reverse insulin resistance. Your insulin sensitivity increases stabilizing your blood sugar for minimum 16 hours after a single yoga session.  The better your glucose control, the more protected you feel against cognitive decline as you age.

Learning various yoga exercises can help keep your brain sharp and alert throughout your lifetime.