Certain practices such as Yoga Nidra (Progressive relaxation of the body until a state of silence is felt in the brain) increase the production of dopamine harmone in our bodies. This harmone is associated with happiness.
Read more about dopamine here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11958969/
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