A brief yoga sequence consisting of three inverted positions was designed to test the hypothesis that inverted yoga positions positively influence memory and attention due to increased blood flow to the brain. Three hundred participants were divided into four treatments utilizing a Solomon Four design (yoga pre/post, yoga post, control pre/post, and control post). All participants completed a short-term memory test of a series of words read aloud at the conclusion of the treatment condition; number of words recalled was the dependent variable. One week separated the pre- and post-test for the pre-test conditions. A 2 x 2 factorial ANOVA was conducted to evaluate the effect of the testing and treatment. There was no significant difference between control group and treatment group, F(1, 296) = .16, p > .05. In this study, the practice of inverted yoga positions made no difference in short-term memory. The strength of this study relies on a strong design with the ability to assess change in memory scores as well as evaluate the effect of the pretest. In this study, any improvement appears to be the result of being exposed to the pretest rather than the participation in yoga. Keyword(s): adult physical activity/fitness, exercise/fitness/physical activity, research