Yoga Theses by PhD students

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Effect of integrated approach of yoga in normal pregnancy- a randomized active control trial
(S Vyasa, 2015-01-12) Satyapriya Maharana
Randomized prospective controlled studies have demonstrated that antenatal yoga is beneficial in many maternal outcomes including complications of pregnancy, gestational age at delivery, analgesia requirement, placental blood flow, and also in fetal outcomes with higher values on fetal intrauterine growth parameters (head circumference, femur length etc.). Apgar score at birth and birth weight, in both normal and high risk pregnancy. The present work was planned to investigate the effect of integrated yoga on labor outcome, cognitive functions and quality of life pregnant women, as this area has not been investigated before.
Effect of integrated yoga module on leadership development of managers
(S Vyasa, 2015-01-12) Padmavathi Maharana
Globalization, technological advances, mixing of work cultures, the 2008-11 recession and subsequent changes in the nature of work, have occurred in rapid succession and are challenging to leadership practices. workplace stress is an obstacle to leadership development. the role and responsibility of leaders is vital in every industrial sector. To fulfill their responsibilities, leaders compromise their physical and mental health. that stress develops when leaders fail to address issues, and targets are not achieved, is quite evident, yet there is no search for a solution. Could yoga offer the required solution?
Effects of Yoga on Cancer Chemotherapy Induced Nauses and Vomiting, and its Correlation to the Concept of Agni in Ayurveda
(S-VYASA, 2015-01-12) Nandini, Lalitha
Chemotherapy results in severe nausea and vomiting (CCINV) along with accompanying symptoms and can cause severe distress amongst cancer patients. These clusters of symptoms are not given importance due to their subtle and subjective nature of presentation. CCINV needs to be addressed through a holistic understanding, as there is a disparity in the treating and the practicing guidelines for efficient management and complete control of nausea and vomiting. Traditional systems of healing like Yoga and Äyurveda,
Electrodermal study of acupuncture meridian endpoint energies in health and various conditions including type 2 diabetes mellitus
(S Vyasa, 2015-01-12) Meenakshy, K. B.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) constitutes 95% of all diabetes incidence. The greatest increase between now and 2030 will be in India, from 19.4 to 57.2 million. Yoga constitutes one of India's many priceless gift for its management, of perennial value to the human family.
Impact of Self Management of Excessive Tension on Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Comptence
(S-VYASA, 2015-01-12) Acharya, Rabindramohan
Previous studies have shown the positive impact of self management of Excessive Tension (SMET) on Emotional Intelligence (Ei) and Emotional Competence (EC).The Present study aims to explore the impact of SMET Training on manager's psycho-emotional health benefits, mood state, personality growth, and self esteem.
Management of obesity and diabetes mellitus through yoga and naturopathy
(S Vyasa, 2015-01-12) Shetty, Prashanth
Metabolic syndromes is a disorder of energy utilization and storage, diagnosed by a co-occurrence of three out of five of the following medical conditions: sdbominal (central) obesity, elevated blood pressure, elevated fasting plasma glucose, high serum triglycerides, and high-density cholesterol (HDL) levels. non-communicable diseases, which include diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease, are world's biggest killer diseases, estimated to cause 3.5 million deaths each year. Eighty percent of them are found in the low and middle-income countries. The WHO has developed an action plan for complementation of global strategies in prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. One of the objectives of this plan is develop simple strategies to identify those at risks together with appropriate and cost effective interventions.
Neuronal activity and cerebral blood flow changes in meditative states as defined in yoga texts
(S Vyasa, 2015-01-12) Singh, Deepeshwar
Meditation is a training in awareness, which over a long period produces definite changes in perception, attention and cognition. This connection between meditation and attention has been mentioned in traditional yoga texts, particularly Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. There are two states of meditation, focused awareness (dhäraëä) and effortless mental expansion (dhyäna). Dhäraëä is supposed to lead to meditation (dhyäna). Two non-meditative states, focused thinking (ekägratä) and random thinking (caïcalatä) have been described in the Bhagavad gétä. The practice of meditation is often associated with altered brain physiology and neuropsychological measures. Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) and midlatency auditory evoked potentials (MLAEPs) were studied in four mental states as described above i.e., caïcalatä, ekägratä, dhäraëä, and dhyäna. The results showed a significant increase in wave V peak latency of BAEPs during caïcalatä, ekägratä, and dhäraëä but not in dhyäna, suggesting the auditory information transmission was delayed at the inferior collicular level during caïcalatä, ekägratä, and dhäraëä (Kumar, Nagendra, Naveen, Manjunath, & Telles, 2010). MLAEPs components, the Na and Pa waves were prolonged, suggesting that auditory information at the level of the medial geniculate and primary auditory cortex (i.e., the neural generators corresponding to the Na and Pa waves) was delayed (Telles et al., 2013). Another study assessed the performance in cancellation task and attention d2 test with the digit symbol substitution test in aforementioned sessions. The performance in cancellation task was improved significantly after dhäraëä and worsened after caïcalatä (Kumar & Telles, 2009), whereas in d2 test of attention showed that after ekägratä, and dhäraëä there was an improvement in all measures of d2 test of attention and digit symbol substituion test (Raghavendra & Telles, 2012). The effect of two meditative states on long latency auditory evoked potentials (LLAEPs), P300 event related potentials with autonomic variables and cerebral blood flow changes in prefrontal cortex during cognitive task have not been studied.
Yoga for working memory in adolescents
(S Vyasa, 2015-01-12) Babu, Natesh
The current education system’s focus has been on logical and scientific thinking right from the primary level. During this process, the vital part of education: detachment has been ignored. Concentration and detachment are the key processes of education for the comprehensive development of personality in the teenagers as per Swami Vivekananda. Yoga, an ancient science, in its original form consists of diverse practices, such as physical postures (äsanas), regulated breathing (präëayäma), meditation, understanding the spiritual basis of life and ethical practices. Recent studies have shown Yoga based add-on programs in Modern education, enhance psychological well-being.