MSCYT Dissertations (Yoga Therapy)
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Item EFFECT OF YOGA ON CREATIVE THINKING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL RESIDENTIAL STUDENT(S-VYASA, 2025-08-19) Smita Rani; Rajesh NairBACKGROUND: In today’s fast-changing world, creativity is essential for children to think flexibly, solve problems, and express themselves. However, studies report a decline in creativity during middle school, known as the “fourth-grade slump” (Torrance, 1967), often due to rigid academic routines and social pressures. Yoga, in which practices like asanas, pranayama, and mindful relaxation, and meditation have shown promise in improving focus, emotional balance, and brain function. Emerging research suggests yoga may also enhance creativity by reducing stress and supporting cognitive flexibility in young learners. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the effects of a structured yoga program on divergent thinking and creativity among middle school residential students. METHODS: A single-group pre-post design was employed. Forty healthy students aged 11–15 from PM SHRI Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Godda (Jharkhand, India) participated in a four week intervention comprising daily one-hour sessions of Asanas, Pranayama, Deep Relaxation Techniques, and Krida Yoga. Creativity was assessed using standardized measures evaluating Originality, Fluency, Flexibility, Verbal creativity, Non-verbal creativity, and Total creativity. RESULTS: Post-intervention scores showed statistically significant improvements in originality (P < .001; Cohen’s d = 0.9), verbal creativity (P < .001; d = 0.8), total creativity (P < .001; d = 0.8), fluency (P = .002; d = 0.5), and flexibility (P = .002; d = 0.6). No significant change was found in non-verbal creativity (P = 0.198; d = 0.2). CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that regular yoga practice positively influences divergent thinking and creativity in middle school students. Yoga enhanced verbal creativity and cognitive flexibility, supporting its integration in educational settings. This highlights yoga’s potential as a holistic tool to foster students’ creative abilities, emotional balance, and mental well-being. Keywords: Yoga, Creativity, Divergent Thinking, Creative Thinking, Children, Verbal creativity, Cognitive Flexibility, EducationItem EFFECT OF YOGA ON PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS RELATED TO OBESE CONDITION AND THE WELLBEING OF PARTICIPANTS AFFECTED BY OBESITY(S-VYASA, 2025-08-19) Jinal Mokariya; Rajesh NairBACKGROUND Obesity, a global health crisis, has tripled since 1975 due to sedentary lifestyles, poor diets, and stress, leading to conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and depression. Conventional treatments often neglect psychological roots. This dissertation explores Yoga as a holistic intervention, focusing on the Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy (IAYT). Through structured hospital-based programs, it assesses improvements in BMI, blood pressure, sleep, self-esteem, and emotional well being. Yoga’s mind-body practices offer a low-cost, accessible solution, especially vital for countries like India. The study aims to evaluate yoga’s potential as a sustainable model for both physical and psychological rehabilitation in obesity management. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study aims to evaluate the impact of the Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy (IAYT) on the physiological and psychological parameters of individuals with obesity. As part of that, this study assessed the effect of IAYT on Body Mass Index (BMI), Blood Pressure, Sleep quality, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in people suffering from obesity. METHODS Participant: A total of 52 participants aged between 25 and 60 years, clinically diagnosed with obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²), were selected using convenient sampling from Aarogyadhama, a yoga therapy hospital under S-VYASA University. Design: This study followed a single-group pre-post design Assessments: In this study, we assessed Body Mass Index (BMI), Blood Pressure (SBP & DBP), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS), WHO Quality of Life-BREF (Physical, Psychological, Social, Environmental) 1 Intervention: An integrated approach of yoga therapy (IAYT) program was administered for 2 weeks. The intervention included specific asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing techniques), kriyas (cleansing techniques), relaxation methods, and lifestyle modifications, including a special diet. Participants were guided regularly to maintain consistency and adherence to the protocol. Results: Participants showed significant improvements in various physical and psychological parameters, particularly in reduction of body weight, BMI, and improvements in sleep quality, stress levels, and overall well-being. Conclusions: IAYT was found to be effective in reducing obesity and improving physiological and psychological health markers when practiced consistently. It is a safe, holistic, and non pharmacological approach for managing lifestyle disorders like obesity.Item EFFECT OF CYCLIC MEDITATION ON STRESS LEVELS, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION IN HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS(S-VYASA, 2025-08-19) Tanisha Gupta; Rajesh NairBACKGROUND In the current educational landscape, higher secondary students often grapple with immense academic pressures, peer expectations, and future uncertainties. These stressors have led to an alarming rise in psychological concerns such as stress, anxiety, and depression among adolescents, often compromising their academic performance and overall well-being. Addressing these issues through holistic and accessible practices has become increasingly necessary. One such intervention is Cyclic Meditation (CM), a structured yogic technique that blends physical postures with deep relaxation to regulate mental and emotional health. Though previous research has demonstrated CM’s benefits in adult populations, its application and effectiveness among school-going adolescents remain underexplored. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study aims to assess the effect of cyclic meditation on the stress, anxiety, and depression of higher secondary students. METHODS Participants and design A total of 62 school Students from VPS High School in Lonavala, Maharashtra, aged 15-18 years. This study will follow a single-group pre-post design. Assessments: Stress: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) Anxiety: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21(DASS-21 Depression: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21(DASS-21 Sleep Quality: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) vi Intervention: Intervention (Cyclic Meditation practice) will be of the duration of 40 minutes and 5 days/week, for one month. CM consists of various steps like IRT (1Min), Centering, Ardhakati chakrasana, QRT (3Min), Vajrasana, Shashankasana, Ustrasana, DRT (14 Min) Results: Statistical analysis revealed significant improvements in three of the four targeted domains: Perceived stress levels decreased substantially (p < .001, Cohen’s d = 1.60), Depression scores showed a significant reduction (p < .001, d = 1.01), Anxiety levels dropped significantly (p < .001, d = 1.00), Sleep quality improved markedly (p < .001, d = 0.74). However, the DASS-21 stress subscale did not show statistically significant improvement (p = 0.108), possibly due to the instrument's sensitivity or the intervention duration. Conclusions: The findings suggest that Cyclic Meditation is an effective intervention for reducing perceived stress, anxiety, and depression, while simultaneously enhancing sleep quality among higher secondary students. Given its accessibility and holistic nature, CM can be feasibly integrated into school wellness programs. Future studies with control groups, longer follow-up periods, and diverse populations are recommended to further validate and expand upon these promising outcomes. Keywords: Cyclic Meditation, Yoga, School students, Stress, Sleep quality, Anxiety, DepressionItem EFFECT OF INTEGRATED APPROACH OF YOGA THERAPY(IAYT) ON ANTIOXDANT STATUS IN SUBJECTS WITH ARTHRITIS(SVYASA, 2021-04-09) SHUBHI TANEJA; Mithila M. V.Item IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF VAMAN DHAUTI ON SUBTLE ENERGY (AS MEASURED BY GDV) -A PRE POST CONTROL STUDY(SVYASA, 2021-09-04) Davendra Pratap Singh; Padmasri Gudapti1. Background and Introduction: The physical body is consistently throwing off waste materials through its natural mechanisms via four organs. Kidneys eliminate acid and other waste products, which come through the blood. Sweat glands remove waste materials through the skin as perspiration, which contains toxins. Liver and large intestines eliminates toxins in type of undigested food and faeces. Lungs eliminates CO2 other gases. We throw away impurities of the body through various openings by means of perspiration, urine, excretion and breathing. Yet this excretory system of the body is loaded with disease carrying poisons because of modern life style (i.e. lack of exercise, irregular or excessive food intake together with fast food, indulging in habit disorders like smoking, alcohol, etc) which ends up in physical and physiological disorders (Disorders, 2019). All the cleansing techniques are figured out just opposite to natural action of the body. To illustrate, during practice of dhauti, the practitioner controls natural force of vomiting and natural force of cough and sneeze subsequently. These techniques don't seem to be only ‘unnatural’ during this sense but also ‘unnatural’ because the techniques are voluntary performed while controlling natural and involuntary processes. Regular and steady practice of the cleansing techniques ultimately helps not only to stop diseases and keep the body and mind healthy, but also gain voluntary control over involuntary process (autonomous nervous system) of the body (Disorders, 2019). It is an instrument for the measuring energy of the normal person. The GDV (Gas Discharge Visualization) leads main effective rules it indicates a human health problem, better condition of health, stress levels, depression level, altered state of consciousness, chakra measurement, monitoring energy state, energy testing etc (K. Korotkov, 2014). 2. Objectives: The objective of this study is to find out the statistical changes in level of Stress, Energy, Balance, and Chakras in healthy persons before and after Vaman Dhauti practice though GDV. The hypothesis is that Vaman Dhauti may improve overall subtle energy pattern. 3. Material and methods: Thirty four participants both male and female, age range between 20 to 40 years were screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Every participant attended the study for 2 times as member of control and experimental group. On the first day, pre-post measurement was done with intervention (Vaman Dhauti followed by Deep Relaxation Technique). On the next day again pre-post measurements were done with same participants without Vaman Dhauti, only Deep Relaxation Technique was given to them. 4. Result: Experiment group showed significant improvement in all the variables (all p-values <0.05) and most of the p-values <0.01 showing very significant improvement, except one variable sahasara ca (p-value =0.103). Whereas control group did not show any significant effect in most of the variables but showed significant improvement in variables stress (p-value =0.002), balance (p value <0.001), svadhisthana ca (p-value =0.002), anahata ca (p-value =0.019) and sahasara ca (p value =0.046). 5. Conclusion: The results of present study demonstrated that there was significant improvement in the participants because of practice of Vaman dhauti followed by DRT in all of the variables except one i.e. sahasara ca. Findings of the study suggested that Vaman Dhauti followed by relaxation can improve energy field of digestive organs, chakra energy and alignment and reduce stress. Also, there was significant improvement in some of the variables in the participants when only DRT practiced.Item Anxiety, Aggression, mindfulness and emotional intelligence of Indian sports persons : A correlational study(SVYASA, 2020) Chinmay Kumar Singh; Satya Prakash Purohit; Rajesh S. K.Background Sport includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organized participation, at least in part aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators. Aggression is overt or covert, often harmful, social interaction with the intention of inflicting damage or other unpleasantness upon another individual. It may occur either reactively or without provocation. Anxiety is your body's natural response to stress. It's a feeling of fear or apprehension about what's to come. Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. Emotional intelligence or EI is the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, and those of the people around you. Aim of this study to see the correlation between mindfulness and anxiety, mindfulness and aggression and emotional intelligence with aggression and anxiety. Materials and method 265 sports person with in age range from 20 to 30 years participated in the study. This sample study is conducted to know the relation among variables mindfulness, emotional intelligence, aggression and anxiety. Mindful Attention Awareness Scale questioner was used to asses mindfulness, Sports Aggression Inventory questioner was used to asses aggression, Sport Anxiety Scale questioner was used to asses anxiety and Sport Emotional Intelligence questioner was used to asses emotional intelligence. Spearmen’s correlation test was used to see the correlation among variables. Results: Result of the Spearmen correlation indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between sports anxiety and sports aggression (rs=0.193, p=0.002).Result of the Spearmen correlation indicated that there was a significant negative correlation between emotional intelligence and sports anxiety(rs= -0.152, p=0.003),between sports aggression and emotional intelligence(rs= -0.156, p=0.011). Result of the Spearmen correlation indicated that there was a significant correlation sports anxiety and mindfulness,(rs=0.441, p<0.001). Result of the Spearmen correlation indicated that there was no significant correlation between sports aggression and mindfulness,(rs=0.080, p<0.193). Conclusion: This sample study was conducted to know the correlation of sports anxiety and aggression with emotional intelligence and mindfulness. This study indicated that there was a significant negative correlation between emotional intelligence and sports anxiety, sports aggression and emotional intelligence, findings of study also revealed a significant positive correlation between sports anxiety and sports aggression, whereas there was no significant correlation between sports aggression and mindfulness. Also, positive correlation between sports anxiety and mindfulness was observed which could be due to low sample size, response bias and sportsperson without experience of mindfulnessItem Effect of Tulasi, Kusa, and copper on conductivity, turbidity, and pH properties of water in mud container on lunar eclipse day(SVYASA, 2020) Sheya Nandy; Itagi Ravi KumarBackground In India during Lunar Eclipse from the ancient time people used to follow, skipping food. It is believed that eating foods during the Lunar Eclipse may be harmful effects on the body and also knows that Tulasī, Kuśa and Copper basically use for purifies the Water. Kuśa grass has been observed to block X- ray radiation. Aim Effect of Tulasī, Kuśa, and Copper on Conductivity, Turbidity, and pH properties of Water in Mud Container on Lunar Eclipse day. Materials and Methods Water of 100 ml was measured and poured in 28 mud glasses. Out of these 28 mud glasses 7 glasses for control, 7 glasses for Tulasī, 7 glasses for Kuśa, and 7 glasses for Copper as treatment materials. Each Tulasī, Kuśa, and Copper was 250 mg. The parameters measured were Conductivity, Turbidity and pH. Results and Discussion Conductivity and Turbidity levels of Water were seen to be increasing significantly with Kuśa and Tulasī and non significant with Copper with increased durations. It has been observed that Copper and Tulasī maintain pH whereas Kuśa has decreased pH level. Copper might act as buffer agent for regulating pH, turbidity and Conductivity of Water. Conclusion It can be concluded that there was a positive relationship between Conductivity and Turbidity. As Conductivity increases, Turbidity also increases and the pH levels decreases. Compare to Kuśa and Tulasī, Copper control the increment of Conductivity, Turbidity and pH of Water. Kuśa, Tulasī and Copper can be served as cost effective, eco-friendly and point-of-use method to purify Water.Item Using deep relaxation technique as a cooling down technique following a Zumba session(SVYASA, 2020) Yashoda Bairagi; Apar Avinash SaojiBackground Studies have shown that anxiety,fatigue and physiological changes negatively effect on people who use to do high intensive workout performance, joy in learning, lecture understanding, attendance, emotional and physical health and their quality of life. Deep relaxation technique designed to give deeper relaxation to the mind and body. DRT principle is based on followed by relaxation (parasympathetic activity in shavasana or corpse posture), as ancient yoga texts Mandukaya upanished suggests that such combination especially helpful to reach state of mental equilibrium where parasympathetic system predominant. Supine rest (SR) practice is classical relaxation technique (shavasana or corpse posture) suggested in ancient Hatha yoga texts to remove fatigue and give greater relaxation to body and mind. Previous relaxation studies illustrated beneficial effect on cognitive processes, memory, attention, skills, sleep, metabolism rate, anxiety and stress. 2. Objectives The objective of study to investigate the immediate effect of deep relaxation technique on psychological and physiological health after high intensive workout and substantiate the applicability and efficacy of these techniques in reducing fatigue and anxiety and physiological changes and enhance the pleasure, quality in performance. 3. Material and methods 30 subjects both male and female (mean ± SD 00.00 ± 0.00), with no age limit a AROGYA MANDIR and S&J FITNESS in raipur chhattisgarh have received 12 days orientation program. Participants have been randomized into self as control group deep relaxation practice posture (shavasana or corpse posture) practice given respectively for 15 minutes. Before and after the 45 minutes of zumba session. 4. Result Deep relaxation technique has produced significant results in reduction fatigue, state anxiety, increase mindfulness and also reduce physiological health whereas the magnitude of change is lesser in Supine rest. 5. Conclusion The investigations in this study suggest that a deep relaxation technique practice reduced fatigue, scores immediately after the practice and decreased state anxiety more than supine rest. Deep relaxation practice increased mindfulness scores significantly and decreased heart rate, respiratory rate systolic blood pressure significantly but diastolic blood pressure was in moderate state in yoga deep relaxation technique practice more than SR practice after 45 minute of zumba sessionItem Immediate effect of yogic breathing on neuro cognitive and association with low frequency of heart rate variability (HRV)(S-VYASA, 2019-06) Walad, Sagar; singh, Deepeshwar; Rana, BudhibalYoga is the science of the life. The science of human evolution and fullest possibilities (Melorose, Perroy, & Careas, 2015). It starts with awareness and cultivation of ethical discipline, code of behavior and self-awareness (Vallath, 2010). If you go through classically: yoga is understood as the science of the mind. The experience which was gained by the controlling the modification of mind (Monk-Turner & Turner, 2010). The Sanskrit word “Yoga” derives from the root word of “Yuj” which meaning is union, join and unite. This is the reflection of the union of the body, mind and spirit (BKS IYENGAR, 2012). It is the union between the individual and transcendental (Garfinkel & Schumacher, 2000). Sage Patanjali explains the theoretical aspects of yoga in 196 aphorisms called Yoga sutras (Saraswati, 1976). The eight- step path of Raja yoga consist of restraint, observances, posture, breath control sublimation, attention, concentration (Satchidananda, 2012). It is an expansion of the narrow constricted egoist personality to an all pervasive, eternal and blissful state of reality (S Telles, Nagarathna, Nagendra, & Desiraju, 1993) one of the best text on yoga, the essence is the beautifully portrayed thus “Manahprashamanopaya yogaitibhidhiyate”, yoga is called skillful trick to calm down the mind. In Bhagwad Gita lord Krishna says that equanimity is yoga “Samatvam yogaucchate”, and skill to execute any action perfectly is yoga “yogahkarmasu kaushalam” respectively. To cultivate innate health and happiness, yoga practices consists of various postures (Asanas), breathing and meditation techniques (Pranayama). After understanding the human underlying nature many great Indian sages has given the different path for different people. The classical yoga includes Karma yoga, Hath yoga, Raja yoga, kundalini yoga, etc.Item Effect of integrated approach of yoga therapy on physical function, balance, and quality of life in osteoarthritis(S-VYASA, 2019-06) Tanwar, Monika; Kumar, Vijay; Singh, DeepeshwarBackground: Osteoarthritis is a big problem all over the world especially in women and is a leading cause of pain and disability in most countries worldwide. Objective: To study the efficacy of IAYT on physical functions, Quality of Life, and balance in patients suffering from osteoarthritis. Methods: Design: Total Single group pre-post study Setting: Study was conducted on thirty-six participants with OA in residential health care centre, Bangalore, India, between the periods of November 2014 to February 2015. Intervention: IAYT combines the practices intended to act physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual level and includes yoga postures, breathing exercise, internal cleansing techniques, meditation, national correction, counseling and devotional sessions along with Naturopathy, Physiotherapy, and Ayurveda for one week.