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Item Effect of Lotus Posture on Acupuncture Meridian Energies: A Controlled Trial(International Journal of Joy by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2016) Ghosh, Kuntal; Hankey, Alex; TM, SrinivasanMany studies have assessed Yoga practices using instruments such as AcuGraph, which measures conductances at Jing-Well points of acupuncture meridians. Such studies fi nd that participation in Yoga programs ranging from a weekend to many months systematically increases subtle energy. Here, we report comparison of Jing-Well point conductances before and after sitting in Lotus Posture with those before and after sitting in a chair. Methods: This was a controlled study conducted on 52 male Yoga practitioners (mean age in years 23.03 ± 3.23), all with >1 year experience of Yoga practices. Participants were alternately assigned into two groups, sitting in Lotus Posture and sitting in a chair. Each was measured on 3 successive days, before and after sitting as instructed for 10 min on the 1st day, 20 min on the 2nd day, and 30 min on the 3rd day. Results: The two groups yielded completely different results: those sitting in Lotus Posture for 30 min showed increases in subtle energy levels (E_Ls) in all acupuncture meridians; those sitting in chair produced universal decreases. Results for 10 and 20 min showed how these changes in energy values took time to build up with increasing time. Conclusions: Sitting in Lotus Posture is held to strongly stimulate subtle E_Ls, so results agreed with the experimental hypothesis. Nevertheless, decreases in E_Ls of those sitting in a chair were surprising since the rest might be expected to have no effect.Item TECHNIQUES IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES(S-VYASA, 2000-12) S-VYASAPsychological view point considered human beings to be essentially animals endowed with a mind. Although the brain is fairly well developed at birth, cognitive development is a life-long process. The intelligent but ordinary human being depends on sensory input and reasoning for shaping his world view. A unique feature of the human brain is cerebral asymmetry. It effectively doubles the capabilities of the brain for a given brain size. The ability to acquire knowledge by identity is not, however, inherent in human beings at the present stage of evolution. Then came functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Artificial neural networks are composed of interconnected units. Finally, it uses an input-output function to transform the input into its outgoing activity.Item OTHER APPLICATIONS OF YOGA(S-VYASA, 2000-12) S-VYASAItem MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF YOGA(S-VYASA, 2000-12) S-VYASAItem YOGA AND CONSCIOUSNESS(S-VYASA, 2000-12) S-VYASA