Various studies have shown that yoga and meditation can help reduce the risk of several diseases – physical as well as mental. With specific breathing techniques body movements and alignment of organs yoga can help achieve overall wellbeing of the body and shield against a number of diseases. The risk of dreaded diseases like Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia too can be reduced with yoga can help slow brain decline one of the primary causes of dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease and it can also help improve memory and cognition. A study by the University of California Los Angeles US found that