Reaction time following yoga bellows-type breathing and breath awareness

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-98

  Telles, Shirley ^a   Yadav, Arti ^a   Gupta, Ram Kumar ^a   Balkrishna, Acharya ^a  

^a PATANJALI RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

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EID: 84887764488     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/22.25.PMS.117x10z4     Document Type: Article

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