Yoga Shaatra

Modern neurophysiologists have been able to demonstrate an obvious relationship between the body and the brain which was first recognized by the ancient yogis thousands of years ago. Using stimulating electrodes to probe the brains surface, neurosurgeons have shown that each part of the body is precisely mapped out along the surface of the central gyrus or fold of the sensory motor cortex of the brain. Researchers have named this neuronal map or hologram of the physical body the motor homunculus (little man) - the symbolic man lying within the brain matter.